Posts Tagged ‘dementia’
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 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 MoreThe IBHCRP: Breaking Down the Walls that Separate Physical and Mental Health
What if there was a simple way to help individuals prioritize their emotional health just as much as their physical health?
Read MoreResearch Your Resolution: Focus on Your Mental Health, Especially As You Age
Although dementia is on the rise, it is not an inevitable part of getting older, says Mass General researcher Jennifer Gatchel, MD, PhD.
Read MoreResearch Your Resolution: Boost Your Brain Health With Social Connections
Studying over 3,000 members of the Framingham, MA, community since 1948, and across multiple generations, we found that people who are the most socially isolated have lower blood levels of a molecule known as brain-derived neurotrophic factor (or BDNF) which is critical for keeping brain cells healthy and forming new connections between cells.
Read MoreGatchel Untangles the Causes of Mood and Anxiety Symptoms and Loss of Brain Function in Aging Populations
Mass General geriatric psychiatrist Jennifer Gatchel MD, PhD, is working to unravel the connections between mental illness and the onset of Alzheimer’s disease.
Read MoreStudy Predicts Alzheimer’s Cases to Double in US by 2060. How Mass General Researchers are Fighting Back.
Scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) released some unsettling new estimates about the number of individuals affected with Alzheimer’s disease this week—and how that number is expected to skyrocket in the near future.
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