dementia research Archives - Fit Found Me Healthy Living Sun, 12 Jul 2026 18:42:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://fitfoundme.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/cropped-new-fit-found-me-favicon-32x32.png dementia research Archives - Fit Found Me 32 32 How the Shingles Vaccine Could Change the Future of Dementia https://fitfoundme.com/shingles-vaccine-may-slow-or-prevent-dementia/ https://fitfoundme.com/shingles-vaccine-may-slow-or-prevent-dementia/#respond Thu, 29 Dec 2022 14:45:20 +0000 https://fitfoundme.com/?p=35078 Dementia is one of the most feared diagnoses of aging. It affects memory, reasoning, independence, and ultimately identity, touching not only those diagnosed but also families, caregivers, and entire health systems. For decades, scientists have searched for ways to prevent dementia or meaningfully slow its progression, yet progress has been frustratingly slow. Treatments have largely …

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]]> https://fitfoundme.com/shingles-vaccine-may-slow-or-prevent-dementia/feed/ 0 New Drug That Protects the Blood-Brain Barrier Shows Promise Against Alzheimer’s Disease https://fitfoundme.com/new-drug-protects-blood-brain-barrier-alzheimers/ https://fitfoundme.com/new-drug-protects-blood-brain-barrier-alzheimers/#respond Thu, 11 Aug 2022 09:47:23 +0000 https://fitfoundme.com/?p=33390 It begins as a quiet breach so small you’d never notice. Imagine the brain as a city behind high, guarded walls, with sentries carefully screening every visitor. For most of our lives, those gates stand firm, keeping harmful invaders out while letting life-sustaining nutrients in. But in Alzheimer’s disease, those defenses weaken. Tiny gaps form. …

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]]> https://fitfoundme.com/new-drug-protects-blood-brain-barrier-alzheimers/feed/ 0 Copper Compound Clears 42% of Toxic Alzheimer’s Protein in Mouse Study https://fitfoundme.com/copper-compound-clears-42-of-toxic-alzheimers-protein-in-mouse-study/ https://fitfoundme.com/copper-compound-clears-42-of-toxic-alzheimers-protein-in-mouse-study/#respond Thu, 02 Jul 2020 05:31:00 +0000 https://fitfoundme.com/?p=40120 A drug already carrying years of human safety data from trials for Parkinson’s disease and ALS just produced a striking result in a different disease altogether. Researchers at Monash University gave the compound to mice bred to develop Alzheimer’s, then watched what happened inside the animals’ brains over eight weeks of treatment. Numbers from that …

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