ADRC News

May is National Mediterranean Diet Month, an ideal time to revisit the MIND diet for healthy brain aging. The diet was developed as a result of a four-and-a-half-year study through the National Institute of Aging that found people who ate more MIND diet foods had less risk for Alzheimer’s disease.

A new study showed that better self-reported sleeping habits were associated with better health outcomes and cognition. The study analyzed sleep questionnaires from dementia-free participants in the Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer’s Prevention (WRAP).

Nathaniel Chin, MD, was featured in Alzheimer’s TODAY magazine where he discussed genetic testing for Alzheimer’s disease, specifically focusing on important considerations for genetic testing and risks for discrimination following genetic tests for Alzheimer’s disease.

Nathaniel Chin, MD, was featured in the latest issue of Quarterly magazine. In the article “How Grief Transformed Me,” Chin discusses how learning of his father’s Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis altered his professional trajectory.

Natascha Merten, PhD, MS, has been awarded an R01 from the National Institute on Aging for her study “The Beaver Dam Offspring Study Neurocognitive Aging Study (BOSS-NCAS)-A Study on the Role of Accelerated Aging and Midlife Sensory Decline for Early Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia in Later Life.”

A data tool developed by UW–Madison researchers showing health-relevant metrics for every neighborhood in the United States is guiding a national model to help Medicare beneficiaries from under-resourced communities access health care more effectively.

As Women’s History Month comes to a close, the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and Dementia Matters have selected past podcast episodes highlighting the incredible work being done by women researchers in the fields of Alzheimer’s disease research, dementia caregiving, brain health and aging studies.

Maria Mora Pinzon, MD, MS, FACPM, appeared on Telemundo Wisconsin in a news segment discussing the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of the drug lecanemab.

Nathaniel Chin, MD, joined host Ira Flatow on National Public Radio’s (NPR) Science Friday podcast to talk about the future of dementia care.

National Caregivers Day is February 17, honoring the 198,000 people across Wisconsin and the over 11 million people across the country who support loved ones with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias through personal care and emotional support.