Stories with tag: "Research"
Brain Health & Conditions
Neurological Researchers Find Fat May Be Linked to Memory Loss
People with high amounts of abdominal fat in their middle age are 3.6 times as likely to develop memory loss and dementia later in their life
Brain Health & Conditions
Alzheimer’s Disease a Much Larger Cause of Death Than Previously Recognized
A new study by researchers at Rush indicates that Alzheimer’s disease may be one of the leading causes of death in the United States
Brain Health & Conditions
Alzheimer’s Disease May Be More Prevalent And Manifests Itself Differently Among African Americans
The risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease among older African Americans may be two to three times greater than in the non-Hispanic white population
Heart Health
Stem Cell Research for Heart and Vascular Diseases
Stem cell clinical trials at Rush help treat patients with severe heart disease