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Can Aspirin Treat Alzheimer’s?

July 2, 2018

A regimen of low-dose aspirin potentially may reduce plaques in the brain, which will reduce Alzheimer’s disease pathology and protect memory, according to neurological researchers at Rush University Medical Center.
Sleep-Related Infant Deaths: a Wake-up Call

June 21, 2018

Dr. Kyran Quinlan and colleagues at Rush issue an urgent call for prevention strategies for sleep-related infant deaths in his viewpoint, “Protecting Infants From Sleep-Related Deaths” published in the June 18 online issue of JAMA Pediatrics.
Early Indicators of Bone Loss After Hip Replacement Discovered

June 5, 2018

Researchers at Rush have identified biomarkers that indicate which hip replacement patients are likely to suffer from destruction of bone tissue.
South Asian-Americans at Higher Risk for Heart Disease and Stroke

May 24, 2018

A new study reveals that South Asian-Americans are more likely to die of heart conditions caused by atherosclerosis, such as heart attacks and strokes, than East Asians and non-Hispanic whites in the U.S.
Genes Found Related to the Reduction of Proteins That Contribute to Alzheimer’s Onset

May 25, 2018

A research team has created a map of the molecular network in the aging brain and used it to identify two new Alzheimer’s disease target genes.