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·July 31, 2026·6 min read

Mitochondrial Plaques in Alzheimer’s Brains Discovered

Researchers identified mitochondrial plaques, an intracellular form of pathology that forms early in Alzheimer's disease and offers a new target for treatment.

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·July 27, 2026·8 min read

Vagus Nerve Gut Signals Drive Spatial Memory

A new study reveals that the vagus nerve transmits gut nutrient signals to the hippocampus, boosting acetylcholine release and spatial memory.

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·July 25, 2026·8 min read

Alzheimer Genetic Risk Scores Do Not Explain SuperAging

A new study demonstrates that SuperAgers cannot be distinguished from cognitively average peers by APOE status or polygenic risk scores.

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·July 23, 2026·10 min read

3D Genome Disruption in Alzheimer’s Disease

A new study shows that 3D genome architecture is altered in prefrontal cortex cells of individuals with Alzheimer's disease.

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·July 21, 2026·8 min read

Study Maps Accelerated Brain Aging Signatures Across 9 Conditions

Measuring Predictive Age Difference (PAD), the team found that Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment showed the highest accelerated brain aging, followed by psychiatric disorders and substance addiction.

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·July 16, 2026·13 min read

Long Sleep Hours Link to Elevated Alzheimer’s Blood Protein

A new study utilizes Restricted Cubic Splines to establish a robust non-linear association between long sleep duration and elevated plasma p-tau181.

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·July 15, 2026·14 min read

Blood Test Accurately Predicts Five-Year Alzheimer’s Risk

The analysis reveals that asymptomatic individuals presenting with very high baseline p-tau217 concentrations face an absolute 38% risk of developing cognitive impairment within 5 years, escalating to 78% within 10 years.

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·July 14, 2026·9 min read

Purified THC/CBD Oil Dramatically Lowers Dementia Agitation

A new study demonstrates that a specialized oral THC/CBD medical oil formulation significantly and rapidly reduces end-of-life agitation in late-stage dementia patients.

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·July 13, 2026·10 min read

Open-Source AI Tools for Alzheimer’s

Researchers launched three open-source AI tools, AI Literature and Data Synthesis, Dark Data Analyzer, and Reviewer Three, to combat the 99% failure rate of Alzheimer's clinical trials.

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·July 12, 2026·10 min read

Decreasing Productivity Can Precede a Dementia Diagnosis by Years

A new study demonstrates that early-onset dementia is associated with severe work productivity losses up to 15 years before a formal diagnosis.

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·July 10, 2026·10 min read

Myelin Damage Triggers Abnormal Brain Rhythms During Sleep

Demyelination triggers abnormal, epileptiform electrical spikes coupled with Stage 2 NREM sleep spindles and induces a severe slowing of rhythmic REM sleep oscillations, establishing overnight sleep recordings as a non-invasive biomarker for tracking MS and Alzheimer's progression.