Science is bringing some understanding of the heritability, prevalence, and inner workings of one of the most devastating diseases. This has been a big week in Alzheimer’s news as scientists put together a clearer picture than ever before of how the disease affects the brain. Three recently published studies have detected the disease with new [...]
Alzheimer’s disease appears to spread like a virus from one brain cell to another, a groundbreaking discovery that could help stop the debilitating disease in its tracks, researchers say. Two independent studies by teams of Columbia and Harvard researchers looked at the brains of mice and found that the degenerative brain disease begins in one [...]
Niagara’s population is getting older, a trend that has health-care professionals struggling to meet the increasing demand for long-term care, experts say. “Niagara has always had a very high proportion of seniors,” said Dr. William Shragge, Niagara Health System chief of staff. “It has a huge impact on us … as a health-care system.” Information [...]