Today’s Solutions: May 15, 2025

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New evidence connects common sleeping pill to a reduction in build-up of Alzheimer's proteins

Alzheimer's disease remains a challenging problem for both researchers and patients, but recent studies have thrown light on possible links between sleep patterns and disease development. One exciting line of inquiry is the use of sleeping drugs to reduce the accumulation of toxic proteins in the Read More...

Thousands of people in the UK

Thousands of people in the UK to receive landmark trials for dementia blood tests

In an effort to revolutionize dementia diagnosis, two large studies are planned to take place across the UK, offering thousands of concerned individuals blood testing targeted at detecting early indications of cognitive deterioration. These trials, led by teams from the University of Oxford and Read More...

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Just one brain scan can now diagnose Alzheimer’s

Many advances have been made in diagnosing, understanding, preventing, and treating Alzheimer’s disease over the past 100 years. Some of these include a nasal spray that could help prevent the disease and the discovery that our gut diversity plays a role in the risk of the condition. Doctors Read More...

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Listening AI could diagnose Alzheimer’s early

Diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease can be a tricky and lengthy process, with multiple in-person neuropsychological exams followed by even more tests. Diagnosis could very well cost a patient valuable treatment time, so speed is of the utmost importance.  Researchers from Boston University have Read More...

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Scientists find out how Alzheimer's affects blood vessels, a breakthrough discovery

Alzheimer’s is one of the diseases that we haven’t quite figured out yet. So far, there aren’t any reliable treatment methods for people who develop it, but scientists are working on preventative measures we can take to stop the condition from taking hold in the first place. What is Read More...

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Four foods that can reduce risk of neurodegeneration

Medical researchers are still searching for the cause, and a cure, for Alzheimer's and other causes of dementia. There is no certain way to avoid it, however, scientists have found correlations between certain diets and decreased likelihood of neurocognitive decline. Two particular diets — the Read More...

Scientists wear blue gloves hold the molecular structure model will provide 3D arrangement of the atoms at chemistry laboratory for drug design.

Infrared light can discern the safety of "twisted" drugs

Did you know that molecules twist? Certain drugs and supplements indicate which way the molecules in the product twist, with an L or a D before the names, indicating either a twist clockwise or counterclockwise. There is usually a specific kind of twist the human body wants depending on the Read More...

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Researchers find companionship may reduce risk of Alzheimer's

Here at The Optimist Daily, we’ve written a great deal about the contributing factors to Alzheimer's disease and what you can do to help avoid it yourself. Exercise, proper diet, even knitting, and nifty nasal sprays can improve your chances, but recent findings suggest that just keeping in Read More...

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London’s black cabbies help navigate research into Alzheimer’s disease

What do squirrels and London’s licensed black cabbies have in common? An extraordinarily large hippocampus—the area of the brain that deals with spatial navigation. London’s licensed black cabbies don’t need the modern convenience of GPS devices. Instead, they rely on “the Read More...

Neurons shown in blue, tau protein build up between the neuronal connections which cause Alzheimer's disease shown in purple.

We are one step closer to understanding Alzheimer’s disease

Scientists have an incomplete picture of the contributing factors of Alzheimer's disease, meaning there is still no preventative treatment or cure for sufferers. It is widely accepted that build-up of the protein ‘tau’ around the brain forms ‘plaques,' which stop signals from being able to be Read More...