Alzheimer

Chris Hemsworth announces new life changes after learning hes at risk of Alzheimer's disease

The Men In Black actor learned that he carries two copies of the APOE4  gene from a Limitless: Live Better Now test.

Actor Chris Hemsworth promotes the upcoming movie "Crime 101" during an Amazon MGM Studios presentation at CinemaCon, the official convention of Cinema United, in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. April 2, 2025.
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Your Cat Might Be the Key to Curing Alzheimer’s - Here’s Why Alzheimer’s Scientists Are Excited

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Harvard Medical School breakthrough: Tiny doses of lithium reverse memory loss in Alzheimer's mice

 Test for patients suffering from Alzheimer.

Magnetic fields may hold key to slowing Alzheimer’s, Israeli study finds


Poor habits cause death more than disease - opinion

American Heart Association found that 40% to 63% of cases of sudden cardiac arrest are preventable just by eliminating eight risk factors. It all comes down to our behaviors.

 Smoking a cigarette (illustrative)

Eight-week creatine regimen significantly improves cognitive scores in Alzheimer's study

Patients improved on cognitive tests after eight weeks, indicating that adding creatine may help support cognition in Alzheimer's disease.

 Eight-week creatine regimen significantly improves cognitive scores in Alzheimer's study. Illustration.

Autopsy sheds light on final days of Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa

Gene Hackman, 95, was suffering with congestive heart failure as well as severe chronic hypertensive changes.

 Gene Hackman poses during the 60th annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California, U.S. January 19, 2003.

Soroka-University Medical Center saves bones and lives with new special department

The new study examined patients aged 65 and over who had undergone hip fracture surgery and were subsequently treated in the geriatrics department.

DR. URI YOEL of the Soroka Medical Center conducted a new study that examined patients aged 65 and over who had undergone hip fracture surgery and were subsequently treated in the geriatrics department.

Inhalation of xenon gas shows promise as a neuroprotective treatment for Alzheimer's Disease

Xenon gas, currently used in medicine as an anesthetic and neuroprotective agent for treating brain injuries, showed potential in protecting the brain in studies.

 Inhalation of xenon gas shows promise as a neuroprotective treatment for Alzheimer's Disease. Illustration.

Alzheimer's progression covertly linked to Herpes Simplex virus, study finds

The possibility that Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis is associated with viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites has been postulated over the past three decades.

(L-R) In green - herpes virus proteins. In red - Alzheimer’s tau. In orange - a merge of the two.

New study reveals dark microglia's role in Alzheimer's disease, paving way for treatments

Blocking stress response in microglia reverses Alzheimer's symptoms in mice, researchers report.

 Microglia and neurons.

Researchers link common herpes virus to a specific form of Alzheimer's disease

Study suggests cytomegalovirus may travel via the vagus nerve to the brain, contributing to Alzheimer's progression.

 Walk to end Alzheimer's at Big Spring International Park.

These two occupations can shield you from Alzheimer's, new study suggests

Analyzing nearly nine million death certificates from 2020 to 2022, researchers linked occupational data across 443 professions with Alzheimer's disease as a cause of death.

 These two occupations can shield you from Alzheimer's, new study suggests.

A new Israeli clinical trial is testing a tuberculosis vaccine to prevent Alzheimer's - opinion

If – God forbid – I show the biomarkers associated with the probable development of Alzheimer’s, I will receive three doses of the vaccine, which has minimal side effects.

 REAL BRAIN exhibit at Bristol Science Centre, UK.

Good obesity? Healthy obesity reduces Alzheimer risk, study finds

Healthy obesity is defined as having a BMI of 25 kg/m² or higher without metabolic diseases or with only one metabolic disease.

 There’s such a thing as good obesity.