Hacker News with Generative AI: Alzheimer's

Alzheimer's biomarkers now visible up to a decade ahead of symptoms (newatlas.com)
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have devised a biomarker test that can spot small amounts of clumping tau protein in the brain and cerebrospinal fluid, which lead to Alzheimer's disease.

Alzheimer's, Medical Research, Biomarkers, Neuroscience

239 points by 01-_- 7 days ago | 61 comments

Weight loss drugs may also treat addiction, Alzheimer's, and heart disease (arstechnica.com)
Pharmaceutical companies are already cashing in on their other health benefits.

Pharmaceuticals, Health, Weight Loss, Addiction, Alzheimer's

12 points by thehoff 71 days ago | 1 comments

New study suggests nose picking could increase risk for Alzheimer's and dementia (2022) (griffith.edu.au)

Health, Science, Alzheimer's, Dementia

34 points by lnyan 170 days ago | 17 comments

Metabolic brain boost revives memory in Alzheimer's mice (npr.org)

Alzheimer's, Neuroscience, Medical Research, Mice Studies

6 points by caser 172 days ago | 1 comments

Researchers find Alzheimer's-like brain changes in long Covid patients (uknow.uky.edu)

Long Covid, Alzheimer's, Medical Research, Neuroscience, Health

252 points by amichail 175 days ago | 181 comments

Stanford Reverses Cognitive Decline in Alzheimer's with Brain Metabolism Drug (scitechdaily.com)

Alzheimer's, Neuroscience, Medicine, Stanford University

16 points by rmason 183 days ago | 4 comments

The protein Reelin keeps popping up in brains that resist aging and Alzheimer’s (npr.org)

Aging, Alzheimer's, Neuroscience, Biology, Health

286 points by melling 208 days ago | 158 comments

How Alzheimer's undid my wife in her 40s (theguardian.com)

Alzheimer's, Health, Personal Stories, Family, Aging

13 points by gmays 208 days ago | 1 comments

Alzheimer's blood test catches 90% of early dementia cases, study finds (cnn.com)

Alzheimer's, Medical Research, Health, Dementia

32 points by peutetre 209 days ago | 15 comments

Alzheimer's Takes a Financial Toll Long Before Diagnosis, Study Finds (nytimes.com)

Alzheimer's, Health, Finance, Research, Science

16 points by jnord 266 days ago | 10 comments

Cannabis neuroprotective properties could treat Alzheimer's and Parkinson's (psypost.org)

Cannabis, Neuroprotection, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Medical Research

14 points by delichon 283 days ago | 0 comments