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In Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, cognitive decline is driven by the overaccumulation of a normal brain protein known as tau. Wherever tau builds up, nearby brain tissue starts…

Sue Benzuly, RN WEDNESDAY, June 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- When people think about Alzheimer's disease, they usually associate it with…

Kids can be affected by rare Alzheimer's-like illnessWhen people think about Alzheimer's disease, they usually associate it with seniors who have had a long and…

A study from researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons reports that the brains of a small sample of patients who died of COVID display some of the same…

By the time people with Alzheimer's disease start exhibiting difficulty remembering and thinking, the disease has been developing in their brains for two decades or more, and their brain…

To explore this further, they investigated potential associations between Covid-19 and neuroinflammation and brain microvascular injury, which are both hallmarks of Alzheimer's. ‘Covid-19…