Listening beyond words: Understanding communication in aging and dementia www.mcknights.com/blogs/guest-...

Listening beyond words: Understanding communication in aging and dementia www.mcknights.com/blogs/guest-...
Drugs are widely used to sedate dementia patients. Her sons wanted to keep her off them. www.npr.org/2026/09/30/n...
Dementia, autism, Down syndrome, and ALS are very different conditions, but studying them together can reveal surprising clues about how the brain works.
Read the full article: mciandbeyond.org/en/blog/4-ve...
#Dementia #Alzheimers #Autism #DownSyndrome #ALS #BrainHealth #Caregiving #Neuroscience
Innovation happens when different disciplines collaborate. 🤝
The complexity of #Alzheimers cannot be solved from a single perspective. True progress emerges when laboratory research, data science, and clinical practice challenge and complement each other.
#neurology #ecotoxicology #aging #Alzheimers #menopause #health
Significantly smaller pineal gland volume
in Alzheimer's disease
compared to
dementia with Lewy bodies
.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
In the summer I watched an #Alzheimers #economics conference from DC. I’m glad I was not there in person (in Maryland), because Podcast Jay intro and said #policymakers are not a constituent for #health research and after 6 months of directly doing #healthpolicy I would have screamed in the room
Researchers present a single-cell atlas of alternative polyadenylation of the aged human brain across 2M cells from 379 human postmortem brains across individuals with & without #Alzheimers providing a cell-type-specific foundation for further analysis
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Insomnia linked to higher risk of dementia, suicide, stroke and other major health issues abcnews.com/Health/insom...
#Alzheimers #dementia #stroke #mentalhealth #sleep #insomnia #health
A new Mount Sinai study in Neuron links genetic ancestry and DNA structure in the tau gene region to differences in gene expression and tau RNA forms. These patterns vary by brain region and cell type. www.cell.com/neuron/fullt... #Alzheimers #AlzheimersResearch #Genomics @sinaibrain.bsky.social
Can HRT prevent dementia? What the latest research tells us
theconversation.com/can-hrt-prev...
How quickly people age during midlife predicted memory lapses 10 years later www.psu.edu/news/researc...
The first paper from my PhD is out in Nature Neuroscience!
Aging and Alzheimer's disease reshape how the brain communicates. But not in the same way: aging vs AD related alterations follow two distinct axes of brain organization
Paper → www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Kate and I were honored to contribute to this important article about inclusion in #alzheimers research for people with #Downsyndrome
How The MIND Diet Protects Aging Brains www.healthday.com/health-news/...
"This is a disease, not a character flaw." Why Captain Sully and his wife Lorrie chose to go public, and why doctors say it matters. PEOPLE 001 on ScoopFeeds. #Alzheimers #Dementia #CaptainSully Full film: https://youtu.be/UHJRI7R4Fuw
If you care personally or professionally for an adult who is memory-challenged or has #dementia or #Alzheimers, new book THROUGH THE YEARS from @hopkinspress.bsky.social is a treasure trove of playful #activities to inspire connection, conversation, and dignity in elder care.
Out now in Europe!
How outdoor music is helping people living with dementia reconnect with the world around them ehospice.com/internationa...
When I was growing up, “weed” was a social thing. I smoked it & baked it into brownies. Now it’s an important part of treating symptoms of many illnesses, including agitation in dementia patients. #dementia #alzheimers #alzheimersdisease #alzheimersawareness sredfern.substack.com/p/calming-th...
Models link gut microbes with Alzheimer’s-related metabolism. 34 AD, 51 MCI, 298 controls.
Hensen, Khatib, Patel, McDonald, González, MahmoudianDehkordi, Blach, Knight, Kaddurah-Daouk & @inesthiele.bsky.social.
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