Hacker News with Generative AI: Alzheimer's

New blood test checks for Alzheimer's and assesses progression, study (theguardian.com)
Researchers have developed a blood test for patients with thinking and memory problems to check if they have Alzheimer’s and to see how far it has progressed.
Alzheimer's, Medicine, Health, Science, Research
10 points by pseudolus 3 days ago | 0 comments
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
241 points by 01-_- 47 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 111 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 210 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 212 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 215 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 223 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 248 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 248 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 249 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 306 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 323 days ago | 0 comments