Tag: Alzheimer’s disease
URI researchers build low-cost device to reveal hidden damage from brain...
Traumatic brain injuries are far more common than many realize. Globally, more than 65 million people suffer such trauma each year, University of Rhode...
Alzheimer’s Association Rhode Island adds 3 board members
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association added three members to its board of directors, the association recently announced.
The first is...
Five Questions With: Dr. Edward Huey
World Alzheimer’s Day was Sept. 21, and it comes as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the second treatment available to slow...
Licenses revoked from nursing assistant convicted of stealing from patients
WEST WARWICK – A nursing assistant who was convicted of stealing from memory loss patients at the Spring Villa Memory Care Assisted Living Facility...
‘Biotechnology is an industry’
Your grandmother with Alzheimer’s disease, your friend with depression and the people we all know with cancer. Biotechnology is knocking on the door of...
R.I. experts to gather to discuss progress in Alzheimer’s research
PROVIDENCE – Scientists, researchers and advocates across the region will gather at Butler Hospital on Sept. 21 to discuss the latest advances in Alzheimer's disease...
Rhode Island Hospital enrolling participants for Alzheimer’s study
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Hospital is enrolling participants for a new study that aims to use saliva and blood to detect early signs of...
Butler Hospital, Brown University launch research to better diagnose Alzheimer’s
PROVIDENCE – Butler Hospital and Brown University have launched a new research study to find methods for early and accurate diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease.
The...
2 R.I. hospitals recruiting participants for Alzheimer’s AHEAD Study
PROVIDENCE – Two Rhode Island hospitals are recruiting participants for a clinical trial to test the effect of lecanemab in treating preclinical Alzheimer’s disease.
Butler...
URI professor researching treatments for age-related disorders
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – As the world population continues to age, age-related disorders, such as dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, are becoming more frequent.
A new study...
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