April 11, 2025
Researchers at Purdue University are looking at the connection between sleep and Alzheimer’s disease. “Ultimately, we know there is an early onset type that influences people as long as young as 30, but it can affect people from the 40s through the 60s age group. Then we have a later onset group that tends to have the first signs happening at 65 and up. It is the most common type of dementia affecting more than 6 million Americans,” said A.J Schwichtenberg, associate professor of Human Development and Family Science and director of Purdue University’s Sleep and Developmental Studies Laboratory.
Purdue News: Researchers Examining Link Between Sleep and Alzheimer’s
April 10, 2025
Nursing poses major metabolic demands on mothers, to which they respond by eating more and saving energy to sustain milk production. There are significant hormonal changes during lactation, but how they lead to metabolic adaptations in nursing mothers remained unclear. Medical researchers uncovered a mechanism that connects prolactin, estrogen, the brain and metabolic adaptations during lactation.
April 7, 2025
When faced with a potential threat, mice often freeze in place. Moreover, when two animals are together, they typically freeze at the same time, matching each other's periods of immobility. In a new study, researchers found that coordination during fear looks different in males and females.
April 2, 2025
A new analysis of a vaccination program in Wales found that the shingles vaccine appeared to lower new dementia diagnoses by 20% — more than any other known intervention.
Study strengthens link between shingles vaccine and lower dementia risk, stronger response in women
March 11, 2025
For people with a certain sleep disorder, a simple blood test could help predict the development of dementia years before symptoms appear, a new study indicates. Idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder (iRBD) causes people to physically act out their dreams while sleeping. The disorder is also associated with a very high risk of Parkinson's disease and a related condition called Dementia with Lewy Bodies. This is a form of dementia that often causes memory and cognitive loss, as well as vivid visual hallucinations and movement difficulties similar to Parkinson's.
March 10, 2025
Researchers found new insights on the timing of prenatal stress and its effect on infant stress reactivity and temperament -- including differences between genders.
Study pinpoints the impact of prenatal stress across 27 weeks of pregnancy
March 6, 2025
Higher levels of the minerals copper and manganese in pregnant women were associated with lower blood pressure and a reduced risk of developing high blood pressure decades later, according to a long-term study.
Levels of select vitamins and minerals in pregnancy may be linked to lower midlife BP risk
March 6, 2025
More than 120 million Americans suffer from diabetes or pre-diabetes. Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is the most aggressive form of breast cancer, and TNBC patients with obesity-driven diabetes often have worse outcomes. A new study helps explain why this happens and suggests a potential way to improve treatment for these patients.
March 6, 2025
A landmark study reveals that bacterial vaginosis (BV), a condition affecting nearly a third of women worldwide and causing infertility, premature births and newborn deaths, is in fact an STI, paving the way for a revolution in how it is treated.
New STI impacts 1 in 3 women: Landmark study reveals men are the missing link
March 5, 2025
Oxytocin, a hormone already known for its role in childbirth, milk release, and mother-infant bonding, may have a newfound purpose in mammalian reproduction. In times of maternal stress, the hormone can delay an embryo's development for days to weeks after conception, a new study in rodents shows. According to the authors, the findings about so-called 'diapause' may offer new insights into pregnancy and fertility issues faced by humans.
Findings may advance understanding of infertility in mothers
