Neurology Today: Longevity gene variant protects against Alzheimer’s in some APOE 4 carriers

May 21, 2020

Sudha Seshadri, M.D., FAAN, director of the Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s & Neurodegenerative Diseases, and the Robert R. Barker distinguished university professor of neurology at UT Health in San Antonio, discusses the association between APOE4 and the KLOTHO variant and how it confirms that this KLOTHO variant is protective in people at highest risk […]


PhillyVoice: As seniors’ walking speeds slow, their minds usually do too

May 6, 2020

Seniors tend to slow down physically at about the same time they decline mentally, leading to a heightened mortality risk, according to a new study conducted by UT Health San Antonio. Read the full story. Other websites featuring this story:  News-Medical.net:  Thinking and walking determine a person’s health trajectory, shows study ScienceDaily.com: Cognition and gait […]