Three experts share knowledge on Alzheimer’s prevention, treatment and research

A promising Alzheimer’s therapy could soon get FDA approval.

Here are some tips for how to sleep when it's really hot outside.

Researchers discover new opportunities for preventing kidney injury following cardiac surgery.

But Michigan Medicine-led research suggests that the gut microbiome, the trillions of bacteria that live in our guts, may serve as this link between a high-fat diet and metabolic and nerve health.

University of Michigan Health, Michigan Medicine, has been designated as a Parkinson’s Foundation Center of Excellence for the care of people with the progressive neurological condition. This marks the first time a health system has received this designation in Michigan.

A patient with severe aortic stenosis receives a specialized surgery to save his life at Michigan Medicine.

Research by the University of Michigan finds a newly created polygenic scoring system — one that weighs the combined effects of common genetic variants — can improve the ability to predict an individual’s risk of developing ALS.

The program, held at TITLE Boxing Club in Ann Arbor, is an affiliate of Rock Steady Boxing, a national nonprofit organization. Boxing helps patients with dopamine regulation, strength, stamina and camaraderie.

A group of students from Detroit’s Cody High School spent a week immersed in the world of cardiovascular medicine and science, learning about possible careers and shadowing experts at University of Michigan Health’s Frankel Cardiovascular Center. The Careers in Cardiovascular Science and Medicine Program began began in 2022.

As the number of heart transplants performed across the United States continues to grow, surgeons at the U-M Health are taking advantage of technology that could increase its transplant yield by as much as 30%. Transplant surgeons in Ann Arbor completed the health system’s first heart transplant using an organ from a donor who had recently died — a process called donation after circulatory death, or DCD.

Dr. Amelia Heston and colleagues examined the relationship between electrode contact location in deep brain stimulation (DBS) and subsequent weight gain.

Dr. Alison Christy, working with Dr. Zack London, created a card game called Endowed Chairs, featuring 12 prominent women from the history of neurology, to amplify the names of these women in our history.

Research finds higher blood sugar linked to faster loss of brain power in stroke survivors.

A man was identified with a rare mutation that protects from Alzheimer’s Disease.