Experiencing a traumatic brain injury can increase chances of dementia by up to 80 percent, even decades after the injury occurred, according to a…
December 22, 2017 Scientists still aren’t sure what causes Alzheimer’s disease, though there are many theories—beta-amyloid, an accumulation of a type of protein in…
Dr. David Satcher reflects on the current state of Alzheimer’s research, and his vision of the way forward. As a former U.S. Surgeon General,…
We know that your genes play a big part in your risk for various diseases, but up until the ’90s it was believed that…
A lot of research has been devoted to exploring whether people who’ve suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI) are more likely to develop Alzheimer’s…
It’s not abnormal to hear the phrase ‘traumatic brain injury’ and Alzheimer’s disease in the same sentence. That’s because a lot of research is…