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For decades, scientists have known that what harms the body often harms the brain. Conditions such as obesity, high blood pressure and insulin resistance strain the body's vascular and metabolic systems. Over time, that stress can speed up cognitive decline and increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease. Now, researchers at Arizona State University and their collaborators report that these effects may begin far earlier than expected. This graphic shows how obesity in young adul

The National Institute on Aging has awarded a new two-year US$311,000 research grant to the Wisconsin Surgical Laboratory in Metabolism...

Research led by Professor Yanping Sun and Professor Lan Tan from Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China, have reported how...

Liraglutide (a glucagon-like peptide-1, GLP-1) appears to slow cognitive decline by protecting the brain, according to Phase 2b clinical...