There have been no confirmed cases of chronic wasting disease in the Lehigh Valley proper, but a deer management area covers ...

Hemoglobin could hold the key to new treatments for neurodegenerative diseases. The protein found in red blood cells that transports oxygen in the body could play a potentially game-changing—and ...

In neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and ALS, excessive H2O2 from reactive astrocytes triggers a vicious cycle of oxidative stress, protein aggregation, and neuronal loss.

Here's what to know and what this means for Alzheimer's research. Alzheimer’s disease sparks a cascade of changes throughout the body that lead to a slew of debilitating symptoms. But there’s one ...

Scientists have revealed that immune cells in Alzheimer's brains behave differently from those in brains of people without the disease – a discovery that could lead to new treatments. Published in ...

MY first customer was a really old man,” Ilja says, recalling the moment she was first forced to have sex for money. “You just never forget.” She was only 17 years old when sex traffickers ...

Researchers have uncovered a new factor that could contribute to Alzheimer’s disease development. A study by Harvard Medical School has identified low lithium levels in the brain as a possible trigger ...

Background: Anti-Ma2 antibody encephalitis is a rare paraneoplastic autoimmune encephalitis (AE) caused by anti-Ma2 antibody. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), a group of human prion diseases, is a ...

In a preclinical study, Cedars-Sinai investigators found that boosting angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) in key immune cells called microglia in the brain helped protect the brains of specially bred ...

The brain has a hidden "sugar code" that could lead to better treatments for neurological diseases like Alzheimer’s, according to new research. A study recently published in the journal Nature ...