Harnessing the Power of Autophagy to Treat Alzheimer’s Disease
The Puglielli lab at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health has found a way to manipulate autophagy — a process where cells clean out damaged materials — to rid the brain of ...
11 Mar 202224min
Go with the (4D) Flow: Neuroimaging Technology Used to Study Overlap of Cerebrovascular Disease and Alzheimer’s
A recent study from Alzheimer’s disease researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison used neuroimaging technology called 4D Flow MRI to study the relationship between blood vessel disease and Al...
22 Feb 202228min
Breaking Down Medicare’s Proposed Decision on Aducanumab and Monoclonal Antibody Treatments
On January 11, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced its much-anticipated coverage proposal for monoclonal antibody treatments that target amyloid for the treatment of Alzheim...
29 Jan 202229min
Nasal Vaccine for Alzheimer’s Disease Enters Clinical Trial
In November 2021, Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston launched the first human trial of a nasal vaccine for Alzheimer’s disease. Nearly 20 years of research went into developing the vaccine, which ...
20 Jan 202224min
‘American Dementia’: Author Interview with Dr. Daniel George and Dr. Peter Whitehouse
Medical anthropologist and professor of humanities and public health sciences Daniel George, PhD, and professor of neurology and medicine Peter Whitehouse, MD, PhD, join the podcast to discuss their r...
6 Jan 202231min
New Research Shifts Thinking on Metabolism and Aging
There are many common beliefs about metabolism. Perhaps you’ve heard that a person’s metabolism slows around middle age, or that a woman’s metabolism is slower than a man’s. However widespread these b...
9 Des 202125min
Aging Behind the Wheel: How Driving Behavior Can Identify Preclinical Alzheimer’s Disease
Dementia impacts a person’s ability to complete day-to-day activities like familiar tasks at work or at home. What if we could identify these changes in everyday behaviors early enough to identify pre...
30 Nov 202118min
Global Challenges in Dementia Diagnosis: A Deep Dive into ADI’s World Alzheimer’s Report 2021
Alzheimer’s Disease International’s World Alzheimer’s Report 2021 recently found that 75% of people with dementia are undiagnosed, equating to 41 million people across the globe. The report, subtitled...
11 Nov 202128min
