Topic: Richard Hodes

Doctors Believe That Exercise, Medications Are Why Some Aging Brains Remain SharpWhen aging hampers memory, some people's brains compensate to stay sharp. Now scientists want to know how those brains make do — in hopes of developing treatments to help everyone else ...
When aging hampers memory, some people's brains compensate to stay sharp. Now scientists want to know how those brains make do — in hopes of developing treatments to help everyone else keep up.This is not Alzheimer's disease, but the wear-and-tear ...
When aging hampers memory, some people's brains compensate to stay sharp. Now scientists want to know how those brains make do, in hopes of developing treatments to help everyone else do as keep up.This is not Alzheimer's disease but ...

A New Alzheimer's Vaccine

Vaccination against Alzheimer's disease is one of the most promising treatment strategies. But safety concerns arising after initial human trials have slowed clinical development of such vaccines. "There is tremendous interest in this approach," says Neil Buckholtz, chief of the dementias ...