Alzheimer’s Disease
Growing Up Without Growing Old: How Meditation can Improve Resiliency and Brain Health at Any Age
Mass General researchers explore how meditation can improve resiliency and prevent a decline in cognitive health, no matter what age you are.
Read MoreCould A Hormone Produced by Exercise Hold the Key to Treating Alzheimer’s Disease?
A new study shows that the exercise hormone irisin confers the cognitive benefits of exercise on the brain and could be a new therapeutic option for Alzheimer’s disease.
Read MoreAlzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month 2021: Spotlighting Mass General Alzheimer’s Researchers (Part 2)
In the second installment, we highlight two more approaches to Alzheimer’s research with Drs. Susanne Janneke Van Veluw and Mehdi Jorfi.
Read MoreAlzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month 2021: Spotlighting Mass General Alzheimer’s Researchers
Learn how Mass General researchers are working to develop new treatments and diagnostic tools for Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.
Read MoreHumans of MGRI: Hoang Le, PhD
Hoang Le, PhD, is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Genetics and Aging Research Unit.
Read MoreRejection in Academia: A Door Open or a Door Closed?
ICON Center Explores How Essential Connections Between the Heart and the Brain Differ by Sex
The COVID-19 pandemic is only the most recent example of the central role that sex and gender play in major medical illness.
Read MoreFeeling Pandemic Stress? How Mindfulness Techniques and These Brain-Friendly Habits Can Help
Rudy Tanzi, PhD, shares science-backed mindfulness tips to promote brain health and reduce stress as the pandemic continues.
Read MoreResearch Roundup: Genetic Protection from Alzheimer’s Disease, Football Players and Heart Health, and More
Recent research news from the Mass General Research Institute, including insights into genetic protection from Alzheimer’s disease, heart health and more.
Read MoreAlzheimer’s Disease Expert Says Future Treatment Success Will Require a Shift in Strategy and Timing
Rudy Tanzi, PhD, believes the key to treating Alzheimer’s disease will be earlier detection and treatment guided by individual risk factors and family history.
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