Geriatrics

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What Is Tau Protein and How It Triggers Alzheimer's Health

What Is Tau Protein and How It Triggers Alzheimer's

Tau protein keeps brain cells healthy — until it doesn't. Here's how this tiny molecule goes rogue, forms toxic tangles, and drives Alzheimer's and ot...

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Bionic Eye Beats Blindness in Major NEJM Trial Health

Bionic Eye Beats Blindness in Major NEJM Trial

A wireless retinal implant has restored functional central vision to 81% of patients blinded by advanced age-related macular degeneration, according t...

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Blood Test Predicts Alzheimer's Onset Years Ahead Health

Blood Test Predicts Alzheimer's Onset Years Ahead

Scientists have developed a blood test that can estimate when Alzheimer's symptoms will emerge years before cognitive decline begins, opening a new wi...

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Vast Cell Atlas Shows Aging Starts Earlier Than Thought Health

Vast Cell Atlas Shows Aging Starts Earlier Than Thought

Scientists at Rockefeller University analyzed nearly 7 million cells across 21 organs and found that aging begins surprisingly early and unfolds as a...

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Blood Test Predicts Alzheimer's Onset Years in Advance Health

Blood Test Predicts Alzheimer's Onset Years in Advance

A new blood test measuring the protein p-tau217 can predict when a person will develop Alzheimer's symptoms with a margin of error of just 3–4 years,...

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New Blood Test Forecasts Alzheimer's 4 Years Out Health

New Blood Test Forecasts Alzheimer's 4 Years Out

A Washington University study published in Nature Medicine shows a blood test measuring the protein p-tau217 can predict Alzheimer's symptom onset wit...

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Shingles Vaccine Tops Alzheimer's Prevention Study Health

Shingles Vaccine Tops Alzheimer's Prevention Study

An international panel of 21 dementia experts screened 80 existing drugs and ranked the shingles vaccine as the most promising candidate for preventin...

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