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‘A living hell inside of my head’: For first time, more advanced stage of CTE diagnosed in teen football player
November 20, 2023 (CNN) In July 2019, just months after graduating from high school, 18-year-old Wyatt Bramwell took his own life. About a year later, researchers at Boston University diagnosed him with stage 2 chronic traumatic encephalopathy, known as CTE, caused by playing tackle football for several years. Playing football may increase... More
Dr. Rhoda Au Receives Prestigious Melvin R. Goodes Prize for Excellence in Alzheimer’s Drug Development
September 20, 2023 The Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation's Goodes Prize supports researchers transforming the field by translating the biology of aging into new therapeutics and diagnostic tools NEW YORK, Sept. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) has presented Rhoda Au, PhD, MBA, Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology at the Boston University Chobanian and... More
Dr. Xiaoling Zhang interview with Medical News Today: Risk of Alzheimer’s linked to cholesterol, blood sugar levels at age 35
Dr. Xiaoling Zhang interviewed with Annie Lennon from Medical News Today, and discussed about the recent study published in Alzheimer’s and Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association, Farmingham Heart Study. Read More
Dr. Farrer Interview with CNN: Fight Alzheimer’s in your mid-30s by tracking these warning signs
On Wednesday, March 23, 2022, Dr. Lindsay Farrer interviewed with Sandee LaMotte from CNN, and discussed about the recent study published in Alzheimer’s and Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association, Farmingham Heart Study. Read More
NIH Grant Will Establish New Framingham Heart Study Brain Aging Program
Monday, September 14th, 2020, The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a five-year, $26.56 million grant to establish a new program called the Framingham Heart Study Brain Aging Program (FHS-BAP). More