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Around 15 of Nobel Prize-winning biochemist David Baker's graduate students and postdoctoral researchers are looking to leave the US.

Nobel-Winning Scientist Says His Researchers Are Fleeing the Country Because of Trump’s Cruelty

By Victor Tangermann

A new research consortium has found not only that brain fungi or bacteria cause some dementia cases, but also that it can be reversed.

Some Cases of Dementia Can Be Cured, Researchers Say, Because They’re Caused by Fungus and Bacteria in Brain

By Noor Al-Sibai

The active ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy has once again proven to have health effects outside of weight loss.

RX and Medicine

Patients Taking Ozempic Are Up to 70 Percent Less Likely to Develop Alzheimer’s, Research Finds

By Noor Al-Sibai

In mice trials, researchers have discovered a molecule that they say can restore both cognition and even memories lost to Alzheimer's disease.

New Drug Restores Lost Alzheimer’s Memories in Mice

By Noor Al-Sibai

In a small study, researchers have found that an Ozempic-style drug seems to slow the progression of Alzheimer's.

RX and Medicine

Ozempic-Style Drug Slows the Progression of Alzheimer’s Disease, Experiment Finds

By Noor Al-Sibai

People’s brains have gotten bigger compared to those born in the 1930s, according to research, and that bigger brains may stave off dementia.

Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Find Human Brains Are Getting Larger and Larger

By Sharon Adarlo

New research into tiny magnetic particles that float through the air may help scientists unravel the mysterious causes of Alzheimer's disease.

Weird Particle Floating Through Air May Cause Alzheimer’s

By Noor Al-Sibai

Researchers found that certain lifestyle choices warded off dementia symptoms in patients whose brains already contained Alzheimer's makers.

Neuroscience and Brain

If You Have Signs of Dementia, Doctors Found a Way to Help

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Scientists have looked into internet use to see if it's at all linked with the likelihood of developing dementia.

Scientists Discover Strange Link Between Internet Use and Dementia

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists are calling a new drug called donanemab a "turning point" in the fight against Alzheimer's. A trial showed promising results.

Neuroscience and Brain

New Drug Hailed as “Turning Point” in Fight Against Alzheimer’s Disease

By Victor Tangermann

In a new study, scientists claim to have unlocked the secret of one man's extreme resilience to early-onset Alzheimer's.

Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Intrigued by Man With Mutation That Protects Against Alzheimer’s

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Pharmaceutical developers Biogen and Eisai want to fast-track a new Alzheimer's drug, lecanemab, for FDA approval — but it's been met with mixed opinions.

Neuroscience and Brain

New Alzheimer’s Drug Appears to Actually Work, to Some Degree

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Nearly 20 years of Alzheimer's research could be undone after investigators uncover that a widely cited and influential paper may have used fabricated data.

Decades of Alzheimer’s Research Allegedly Based on Fabricated Data

By Frank Landymore

Researchers have found that getting at least one flu shot makes it 40 percent less likely for people over the age of 65 to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's.

Weirdly, It Appears the Flu Vaccine May Protect Against Alzheimer’s

By Victor Tangermann

Neuroscientists are positing that issues with the brain's own waste removal system may be the root cause of Alzheimer's disease.

Neuroscience and Brain

“Poisonous Flowers” in Brain May Cause Alzheimer’s, Scientists Say

By Noor Al-Sibai

New research says EMFs emmitted by cell phones could be causing Alzheimer's because of excess calcium buildup in the brain.

Neuroscience and Brain

Alzheimer’s May Be Caused by Cell Phones, Scientists Say

By Lonnie Lee Hood