New Alzheimer’s Blood Test Flags Symptom Onset
By Allison Proffitt Researchers from Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis have showed that elevated levels of a set of circular RNAs (circRNAs) in the blood nearly tripled patients’ risk of developing Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) symptoms, suggesting...
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How Sugar on Brain Cells May Be Driving Alzheimer’s and How a Common Joint Supplement May Be Making It Worse
By Kyle Proffitt While most of the research on Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) in the last few decades has focused on amyloid-beta plaques and the tau tangles—the misfolded debris cluttering and...
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Boston Children’s Hospital, Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College, More Receive Award for International Autism Research Project
By Integrative Practitioner Staff Last week, Boston Children’s Hospital, Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, University of California, Los Angeles, Children’s...
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AI Framework for Differentiating Neurodegenerative Diseases
By Deborah Borfitz A team of computational scientists at Lund University (Sweden) have built a deep, joint-learning proteomics model for improving the diagnostic accuracy for a handful of dementia-related conditions which...
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Food as Medicine 2026: The Best and Worst of Times
By Irene Yeh May 8, 2026 | During the opening keynote panel at this week’s Food as Medicine Summit in Chicago, Rick Leach, executive director of the Food as Medicine Initiative at Arizona State...
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Machine Learning Sleep EEG Measures Brain Age and Dementia Risk
By Irene Yeh Sleep disturbances are emerging as early indicators for dementia. However, the broader architecture of sleep shows inconsistent associations between cognitive impairment and incident dementia. These broad sleep...
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fMRI-Based Mega-Study of Psychedelics Reveals Patterns of Brain Signaling Reorganization
By Kyle Proffitt Psychedelics are receiving increased attention for their potential to treat various mental health conditions. Just this week, an executive order was signed directing the United States FDA, DEA, and HHS to facilitate, fund, and fast...
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High Sodium Intake Associated with Cognitive Decline in Men
By Irene Yeh Sodium plays an important role in several physiological functions, but too much of it results in increased cardiovascular risks and hypertension. Emerging research has also demonstrated strong...
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