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July 6, 2020
What if, by inputting information about dementia and a patient into a supercomputer and crunching the data, a treatment team could quantify the individual’s risk of developing the disease? And what if, based on the results, the team could diagnose which type and subtype of dementia that the patient might develop? And what if the […]
July 2, 2020
Sudha Seshadri, MD, a neurologist in the Long School of Medicine, discusses the diagnosis of the early risk of dementia. Read and watch the full story.
June 29, 2020
Chronic inflammation in the body, caused by genetics, disease, or lifestyle is very damaging to cells, playing a role in vascular disease and dementia. Sudha Seshadri, MD, professor of neurology, explained to Ivanhoe, “We are increasingly recognizing that infection and inflammation play a role in neurodegeneration and vascular diseases.” As this disease develops, inflammation is […]
June 22, 2020
Nearly 50 million people worldwide suffer from dementia which affects their memory, language and family relationships. Now a blood marker, called Soluble C-D14, is being studied as a potential tool in the neurological disease. Chronic inflammation in the body caused by genetics, disease, or lifestyle is very damaging to cells playing a role in vascular […]
June 12, 2020
Faculty and staff keep caregivers’ mental health in mind and offer resources to support them during this difficult time.
June 12, 2020
Faculty and staff of the Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases at UT Health San Antonio, in partnership with the Caring for the Caregiver program of the School of Nursing, are concerned about caregivers’ mental health as the necessary – yet uncomfortable – isolation imposed by the coronavirus crisis reaches six months. “There […]
