News from November 2023

Our team had the privilege of working with the late Ka’imi Alohilani Sinclair (Western Cherokee) to create educational resources about Alzheimer’s disease and research, along with others at Washington State University's IREACH.

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Categories: Team Spotlights, ADRC Indigenous Aging Brain Health Series, News

For these studies, researchers used data from participants in the UW ADRC Clinical Core, with gratitude.

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Categories: Science Updates, News

Dr. Angela Hanson's lab team reports back on interesting talks about what’s coming soon in diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of Alzheimer’s and other diseases that lead to cognitive impairment and dementia.

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Categories: Science Updates, New FDA Drug Approvals, Care & Treatment , News

Pull out a pencil for the very first Memory & Brain crossword puzzle, created to be fun, interesting—and just challenging enough—to be a good brain health workout.

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Categories: Resources, News

Michael Rosenbloom, MD is a behavioral neurologist and the director of clinical trials for the UW Memory and Brain Wellness Center at the UW ADRC

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Categories: New FDA Drug Approvals, Care & Treatment , Team Spotlights, News

La idea era reunir a miembros de la comunidad académica para entablar conversaciones y ayudar a dirigir la participación en la investigación de la Enfermedad de Alzheimer para incluir la representación de grupos minorizados.

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Categories: En Español , News

The idea of the Knight ADRC conference was to bring together members of the academic community to engage in conversations and help steer Alzheimer’s disease research participation to include representation from minoritized groups.

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Categories: Community Stories, News

Una buena noche de sueño es muy reparadora, y ello es gracias al ciclo nocturno de limpieza del cerebro durante el sueño. "Las personas con trastornos respiratorios relacionados con el sueño que no reciben tratamiento están perdiendo esa oportunidad de regenerar plenamente su cuerpo por la noche", dice Cho. "Lamento cuando veo que esto ocurre, porque este problema puede tratarse".

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Categories: En Español , News

The brain’s ability to clear out waste products during deep sleep is important for brain health. “People with untreated sleep-related breathing disorders are losing that chance to fully regenerate their bodies at night,” says Cho. “I feel so bad when I see this happening because this problem can be treated.”

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Categories: Science Updates, Care & Treatment , News