Rep. Mike Rohrkaste, R-Neenah, and Rep. Dianne Hesselbein, D-Middleton, are on opposite sides of the political aisle, but they share a similar experience that has connected their work: They both lost parents to dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. The two led a special task force to...
People who experience hearing loss could be at greater risk of memory and thinking problems later in life than those without auditory issues, research suggests. The study focused on people who were at risk of Alzheimer’s disease, revealing that those who were diagnosed with hearing...
Harsh life experiences appear to leave African-Americans vulnerable to Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia, researchers reported Sunday at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference in London. Several teams presented evidence that poverty, disadvantage and stressful life events are strongly associated with cognitive problems in middle age and...
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN One in three Americans doesn't get enough sleep, and 45% of the world's population doesn't, either. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls that a "public health problem," because disrupted sleep is associated with a higher risk of conditions including diabetes,...
TIME Health -- Regular exercise may offer some protection against Alzheimer's disease, even for people who are genetically at risk, according to recent research. In the study, published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, people who did more moderate-intensity physical activity were more likely to have healthy...
People at risk for Alzheimer’s disease who do more moderate-intensity physical activity, but not light-intensity physical activity, are more likely to have healthy patterns of glucose metabolism in their brain, according to a new UW-Madison study. Results of the research were published today online in...
Ten mini-grants encouraging innovation and experimentation in small-scale projects were given by the Ira and Ineva Reilly Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment. The competitive grant program is open to UW–Madison faculty, staff and students. Ira Baldwin, a longtime UW teacher, researcher and administrator, served as dean of the...
Congress Delivers Historic Alzheimer's Research Funding Increase for Second Consecutive Year. The Alzheimer’s Association has just confirmed that Congress has included our requested $400 million Alzheimer’s research funding increase at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the FY2017 funding bill. Upon approval, this will become...
Dr. Sanjay Asthana, director of the Wisconsin ADRC, talks with Wisconsin Public Radio about Alzheimer's and the research being done at UW-Madison....
