Researchers led by Zhentao Zhang at Wuhan University, China have discovered a cholesterol metabolite that plays a critical ...

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John Kounios is a professor of psychological and brain sciences at Drexel University. He is co-author of The Eureka Factor: Aha Moments, Creative Insight, and the Brain (Random House, 2015) and ...

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The National Institutes of Health reports that incidences of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia increased by roughly 148 ...

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CervoMed Inc. announced that it will present topline results from its Phase 2b RewinD-LB study at the 8th International Lewy Body Dementia Conference in Amsterdam on January 31, 2025. The study ...

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