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Scientists Found Something Strange About Lithium in Nearly 400 Human Brains
There is lithium in your brain right now. You cannot see it, feel it, or measure it on a kitchen scale, but Harvard researchers spent roughly a decade searching for tiny traces of it in nearly 400 donated human brains. When they compared people who died with their memory intact against those with mild cognitive…
New Alzheimer’s Drug Is Being Tested to See If It Can Prevent Dementia Early
You feel fine. Your memory is sharp. You can recall names, appointments, the thread of a conversation without effort. And yet a simple blood test has flagged something moving quietly in your brain, years before it would ever announce itself, and doctors want to intervene now, while nothing appears to be wrong at all. That…
Scientists Say a Surprising Body Odor May Hold Clues to Protecting the Brain
The internet has a long history of turning bodily functions into punchlines. But every so often, science wades into uncomfortable territory and forces people to look twice at what they once laughed off. That moment appears to have arrived again, thanks to a new wave of reporting around research that links the smell of human…
Man Sued Company After Discovering Mother’s Body He Donated To Alzheimer’s Research Was Used For Military Bomb Testing
When Jim Stauffer decided to donate his late mother’s body to science, he believed it was a final act of love—a chance for her to help others even in death. Her battle with Alzheimer’s had been long and painful, and contributing to research felt like a way to turn grief into meaning. But what happened…