dementia
June 25, 2025
Researchers at the ӰƵ 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,…
March 10, 2023
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…
August 26, 2022
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 ӰƵ School of Medicine. Titled “The Meanings of Dementia:…
May 10, 2021
Findings provide clues to how toxic proteins clump and spread Scientists at ӰƵ 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…
February 10, 2021
Research documents more cases, hospitalizations and deaths, with odds of both infection and worse outcomes higher for African Americans A study led by ӰƵ researchers found that patients with dementia were at a significantly increased risk for COVID-19—and the risk was…