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The Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation’s Diagnostics Accelerator Initiative Expands Its Focus on Frontotemporal Degeneration | PR Newswire

"The Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation's (ADDF) Diagnostics Accelerator initiative has announced a new $5 million commitment to projects targeting the development of biomarkers for frontotemporal degeneration (FTD), the most common dementia for people under 60. A new $2.5 million research investment from The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration (AFTD) is being matched by a $2.5 million allocation of the ADDF's Diagnostics Accelerator funds."

When Glial Clocks Fall Out of Sync, Inflammation Ensues | Alz Forum

"The circadian clock—the body's molecular timekeeper—is best known for tuning our sleep, metabolism, digestion, and body temperature to the cycles of dark and light. Yet it controls other functions, as well. At the Society for Neuroscience meeting held November 3–7 in San Diego, researchers reported that activation of astrocytes and microglia in the brain is one of those. Disrupting the clock led to untimely inflammation that destroyed synapses. Researchers proposed that this phenomenon could exacerbate harm done by Alzheimer's pathology, and that correcting circadian imbalances might protect neurons in the face of neurodegeneration."

Opinion | Brain Fog in Menopause | NY Times


"We have reviewed decades of evidence from animal and human studies, across many different empirical methods, suggesting that when women begin taking hormone replacement therapy during menopause their risk of dementia and Alzheimer's in later years drops sharply, by 35 to 70 percent."

Op-Ed: Alzheimer’s clinical research trials desperately need more Black participants | The Grio


"Q-Tip, celebrated hip-hop artist, producer and founding member of A Tribe Called Quest took to Instagram recently to honor his mother, who is living with Alzheimer's . Known for lyrics that touch fans with their eloquence while simultaneously educating them on timely issues, the pioneering hip-hop star said that taking on the role of caregiver has been eye opening and inspirational."