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Dementia

Nerve cells affected by Alzheimer's disease

Neuroscience

How misfolded proteins may contribute to Alzheimer's, dementia

Published July 11, 2025

New study suggests more than 200 types of misfolded proteins could be associated with age-related cognitive decline

Biochemistry

A master of protein origami

Published Summer 2025

Johns Hopkins chemist Stephen Fried has spent decades investigating how protein cells fold, unfold, and misfold, a cause of many neurodegenerative diseases and our cognitive decline. His pioneering work could provide the basis for humans living longer, better, and with our memories intact. / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Research matters

Earlier, better treatments for Alzheimer's disease

Published March 17, 2025

Federally funded research at Johns Hopkins offers new avenues for detecting brain disease long before it strikes

Study links hearing loss, dementia

Published Jan 11, 2023

Bloomberg School study finds older adults with greater severity of hearing loss were more likely to have dementia, but the likelihood of dementia was lower among hearing aid users compared to non-users

Hope for Alzheimer's

Published Fall 2021

Two Johns Hopkins researchers race to bring a drug to market that holds promise for millions afflicted with the devastating cognitive disorder / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Health

Study suggests missed financial payments may be early indicator of dementia

Published Dec 2, 2020

Older adults who go on to be diagnosed with dementia are more likely to miss payments on bills as early as six years before a clinical diagnosis, study suggests