Talks by a national expert on Alzheimer's disease and a free community screening highlight the annual Solomon Carter Fuller event Feb. 19 and 20. The Black History Month event honors ...
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University of Wisconsin researchers say they've found a treatment to clean up plaques that form in the brain of mice with Alzheimer's disease.
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"Poetry has been the best aspect of my life because it allows me to interact with people of any age, any background, any race," says Fabu Carter, MA, outreach specialist, Geriatrics and Gerontology and the Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research Center. Viewing poetry as a potent healing tool ...
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Research released in 2014 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison found that "participants who engaged in cognitive activities like card games have higher brain volume, in specific regions, compared to peers who played fewer or no games," said Ozioma C. Okonkwo, an assistant professor of medicine at the university and the study's senior author.
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Insulin resistance may diminish myelin in the cerebellum, and APOE4 carriers may be particularly susceptible, researchers reported here.
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We spend a third of our lives asleep, yet many of us don't give sleep much thought until it goes wrong. If one bad night can have us longing for sleep for the whole next day, what might decades of poor sleep do to our health?
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The fact that obesity increases risk of cardiovascular disease and some cancers is well known. But a new Iowa State University study adds to the growing evidence that memory loss should also be a top concern.
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In a four-year study of newly menopausal women taking hormone therapy, mental sharpness did not get better or worse. Taking certain estrogens did seem to improve mood, though.
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For the first time, and to the astonishment of many of their colleagues, researchers created what they call Alzheimer's in a Dish--a petri dish with human brain cells that develop the telltale structures of Alzheimer's disease.
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Older adults who enjoy mentally stimulating games may have bigger brains and sharper thinking skills than their peers, new research suggests.
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