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 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.
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.
New study suggests nose picking could increase risk for Alzheimer's and dementia (2022) (griffith.edu.au)
Metabolic brain boost revives memory in Alzheimer's mice (npr.org)
Researchers find Alzheimer's-like brain changes in long Covid patients (uknow.uky.edu)
Stanford Reverses Cognitive Decline in Alzheimer's with Brain Metabolism Drug (scitechdaily.com)
The protein Reelin keeps popping up in brains that resist aging and Alzheimer’s (npr.org)
How Alzheimer's undid my wife in her 40s (theguardian.com)
Alzheimer's blood test catches 90% of early dementia cases, study finds (cnn.com)
Alzheimer's Takes a Financial Toll Long Before Diagnosis, Study Finds (nytimes.com)
Cannabis neuroprotective properties could treat Alzheimer's and Parkinson's (psypost.org)