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08/08/2025

How Do ‘Super-Agers’ Stay Young? What 25 Years of Research Has Revealed.

After 25 years of research on this notable group, here’s what stands out.

08/04/2025

Blood plasma reveals shared pathways in neurodegenerative diseases

Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine researchers identify biomarkers of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and frontotemporal dementia from blood plasma, suggesting new therapeutic avenues.

07/30/2025

FIRST ON CNN: Dramatic lifestyle changes can fight early-stage Alzheimer’s, study says. Here’s how | CNN

Adopting intensive lifestyle changes can slow or stop progression of early-stage Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study.

07/28/2025

You can slow cognitive decline as you age with lifestyle changes, large study finds | CNN

Lifestyle interventions can slow cognitive decline in your 60s and 70s, according to a large randomized controlled trial. Here’s how.

07/28/2025

7 Caregiver Tips for Calming Alzheimer's Agitation

As a caregiver of someone with Alzheimer’s, you know that agitation and aggressive behavior can happen from time to time.

07/11/2025

4 Tips for Coping with Mild Cognitive Impairment

07/01/2025

Three Siblings, One Fatal Gene: A Family’s Fight Against Early-Onset Alzheimer’s

Among members of the Richardson family who carry a mutation in the PSEN1 gene, the average age when symptoms start is 39.

06/25/2025

What to Do When a Loved One is Diagnosed With Dementia

Families and experts share their best advice for navigating and coping.

06/19/2025

How rogue jumping genes can spur Alzheimer’s, ALS

Our genomes are peppered with DNA segments called retrotransposons that can move from place to place. When unleashed, some can kill nerves and promote inflammation — a discovery that may inspire treatments for neurodegeneration.

06/17/2025

Annual State of the Knight ADRC Lecture for 2025

06/13/2025

Sleep aid blocks neurodegeneration in mice

A new study by Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine researchers suggests that lemborexant and sleep aids that work the same way could help treat or prevent damage caused by harmful buildup of the protein tau in multiple neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s.

06/05/2025

Does the MIND Diet Prevent Dementia? (Published 2023)

Healthy eating might help protect your brain, experts say, but other factors play in as well.