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Popular diabetes and weight-loss drug may reduce risk of dementia
Researchers at the Case Western Reserve School of Medicine have found that semaglutide, a popular diabetes and weight-loss drug, may lower the risk of dementia in people with type 2 diabetes (T2D). Dementia, a condition that slowly makes it harder for people to remember things and think clearly, oc...
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Mandel School’s Ann Nguyen receives grant to study risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias among older Black adults
Ann Nguyen, assistant professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, received a new grant funded by the Research Centers Collaborative Network from a parent grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIH). This is a two-year grant, totaling $50,000. She is the pr...
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Medicine’s Erin Gentry Lamb co-directs project receiving funding by National Endowment for the Humanities
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a collaborative research grant for a project co-directed by Erin Gentry Lamb, a professor of medical humanities and an associate professor of bioethics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Titled “The Meanings of Dementia: Interpre...
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New study provides insights into architecture of abnormal protein deposits in brain disorders
Findings provide clues to how toxic proteins clump and spread Scientists at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have determined the structure of protein “fibrils” linked to Lou Gehrig’s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders—findings that provide clues to how toxic proteins ...
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Case Western Reserve University-led team finds that people with dementia at higher risk for COVID-19
Research documents more cases, hospitalizations and deaths, with odds of both infection and worse outcomes higher for African Americans A study led by Case Western Reserve University researchers found that patients with dementia were at a significantly increased risk for COVID-19—and the risk was h...