Boston University

Alzheimer’s Disease

People over 65 who sleep longer than nine hours each night may be showing early signs of dementia or Alzheimer’s disease, according to research by Sudha Seshadri, a MED professor of neurology.

Neurology

MED Researchers: Too Much Sleep Could Signal Dementia

May 8, 2017

Biomedical Engineering Professor Edward Damiano in his lab with fellow researchers and their bionic pancreas

Funding

Science Coalition: Federal Funding Sparks Innovation

April 26, 2017

Litre Bottles of Soda

Neurology

Is Soda Bad for Your Brain? (And Is Diet Soda Worse?)

April 21, 2017

Claudia Satizabal will study the link between midlife obesity and Alzheimer’s disease.

Alzheimer’s Disease

Does Midlife Obesity Increase Odds of Alzheimer’s Disease?

April 6, 2017

Officers of 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Ready First 1st Armored Division, participate in an urban combat exercise at a training facility on Fort Bliss, Texas.

Alzheimer’s Disease

Links Found among Concussion, Genes, and Alzheimer’s

February 16, 2017

Mckee

CTE

Brain Trauma and CTE

February 3, 2017

Healthy senior with swimming board

Aging

Biomarker Patterns in Blood Predict Healthy Aging

January 6, 2017

Sudha Seshadri, professor of neurology at the Boston University School of Medicine

Alzheimer’s Disease

New Test for Alzheimer’s Risk?

December 5, 2016

Carmela Abraham with lab assistants in her lab at Boston University School of Medicine

Alzheimer’s Disease

Alzheimer’s Start-up Gets $1.49 Million from NIH

August 5, 2016

Ben Wolozin, professor of pharmacology and neurology at Boston University School of Medicine

Alzheimer’s Disease

Toxic Tau

June 7, 2016

Washington Redskins' John Riggins busts through New England Patriots defensive player Tim Fox early in the first quarter at Foxboro, Mass., Sept. 3, 1978

CTE

CTE Investigators Launch $16 Million Study

June 3, 2016

Lisa Fredman, Boston University School of Public Health professor of epidemiology

Neurology & Neuroscience

Caring for the Caregivers

April 29, 2016

Lindsay Farrer, Boston University School of Medicine Distinguished Professor of Genetics

Research

The Gene Hunter

April 28, 2016

Karin Schon, Boston University School of Medicine

Neurology & Neuroscience

Work It Out

April 27, 2016

Robert Stern, Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center

Neurology & Neuroscience

The Search for a Treatment

April 26, 2016

Wendy Qiu, Boston University School of Medicine Laboratory of Molecular Psychiatry in Aging

Alzheimer's Disease

Diagnosis: Alzheimer’s

April 25, 2016

Dementia

Aging

Rates of New Dementia Cases May Be Falling

March 4, 2016

Neuroscience

DC Panel: Talking Football, War, and Brain Disease

March 1, 2016

Ben Wolozin, Alzheimer's Disease researcher at Boston University

Funding

BU Research Benefits from First Federal Funding Boost in Years

January 25, 2016

Amyloid-beta protein

Alzheimer’s Disease

New Research on Alzheimer’s

October 19, 2015

New Research on Alzheimer’s