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13th Annual Sanders-Brown 'Mind Matters' Health Fair Taking Place Virtually

Apr 29, 2021, 8:01 AM

The event will focus on brain health and older adult wellbeing and strategies to maximize both. Additionally, presentations will include information relating to life during the current COVID-19 pandemic.

UK Doctor's Need to Help Loved One Inspires New Sanders-Brown Video Series

Apr 27, 2021, 8:07 AM

A multi-disciplinary collaboration led by Dr. Peter Sawaya from the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging are in the process of producing a series of videos, aimed at primary caregivers for family members and loved ones living with dementia.

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Sanders-Brown Hosts Discussion & Screening of Documentary Highlighting Robin Williams' Undiagnosed Dementia

Apr 1, 2021, 9:35 AM

The educational film titled, Spark, delves deeper into the disease, its biology, myriad of clinical symptoms and its impact on both the person with LBD and the primary caregiver. A post-screening panel will feature doctors from the Kentucky Neuroscience Institute.

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UK Researcher Finds Alzheimer’s Patients ‘Get Hooked on a Feeling’ With Music

Jan 26, 2021, 8:08 AM

Newly published research has found familiar music can elicit an extended emotional response in patients with Alzheimer’s-type dementia. The findings from this potential new approach were featured in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease.

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10th Annual Sanders-Brown Markesbery Symposium on Aging and Dementia Taking Place Virtually

Oct 27, 2020, 8:23 AM

In the sessions for both the scientific and community audience, attendees will have the opportunity to hear clinicians and researchers from UK and other institutions share current findings, trends, and latest updates on dementia and aging disorders.

Markesbery Scientific Symposium and Poster Session Set for Nov. 6

Oct 28, 2019, 8:15 AM

Guest speaker Adam Brickman, professor of Neuropsychology, Columbia University, as well as research updates from Sanders-Brown Center on Aging.

UK-led Study Shows Metformin Offers No Strength Training Benefits for Seniors

Oct 22, 2019, 8:29 AM

The double-blind trial, conducted at UK and UAB, found that older adults who took metformin while performing rigorous resistance exercise training had smaller gains in muscle mass than the placebo group.

$2.8 Million Grant Will Fund Preclinical Study of New Dementia Treatment

Oct 7, 2019, 8:16 AM

The research is novel in that it is exploring efficacy in treating more than one form of dementia at the same time.

Research Volunteers Drive Discoveries at Sanders-Brown Center on Aging

Aug 5, 2019, 9:15 AM

Thanks to volunteers, SBCoA has played a role in many landmark discoveries, including debunking the theories that aluminum or mercury cause Alzheimer's, identifying so-called "AD mimics", and proving that there are changes in the brain decades before there are outward symptoms of AD.

Research Identifies Potential Predictors of Vascular Cognitive Impairment and Dementia in Alzheimer's

Nov 7, 2018, 9:31 AM

Research from the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging presented at the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting has identified two potential ways to predict vascular cognitive impairment and dementia (VCID) – the second leading cause of dementia behind Alzheimer's disease.

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