All Posts: dementia

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Cognitive Declines Preceding Alzheimer’s Diagnosis Lead to Credit Card, Mortgage Delinquency

In the years prior to an Alzheimer’s disease or other memory disorder diagnosis, credit scores begin to weaken and payment delinquency begins to increase, concludes new…

May 31, 2024

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Georgetown Study Explores THC/CBD Combination to Reduce Dementia-related Agitation at the End of Life

In a first-of-its-kind clinical trial, the Georgetown University Medical Center Memory Disorders Program will study the effects of an oral drug called T2:C100, which is comprised…

February 8, 2024

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Immune-Compromised People with HIV, APOE4 Gene May Have a Compounded Risk for Alzheimer’s

WASHINGTON (February 22, 2021) — People living with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) who have a history of severe immunosuppression and at least one copy of theâ€â€¦

February 22, 2021

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Early-life Education Improves Memory in Old Age — Especially for Women

WASHINGTON (June 5, 2020) — Education appears to protect older adults, especially women, against memory loss, according to a study by investigators at Georgetown University…

June 5, 2020

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Nilotinib Appears Safe and Affects Biomarkers in Alzheimer’s Disease Clinical Trial

WASHINGTON (May 29, 2020) — A Georgetown University Medical Center clinical trial investigating the cancer drug nilotinib in people with Alzheimer’s disease finds that it is…

May 29, 2020

GUMC Stories

Seeding the Work of GUMC's Young Neuroscience Investigators

(May 30, 2013) — Talk of continued successes punctuated the conversations of more than 150 guests at Georgetown University Medical Center’s (GUMC) third annual “Music for…

February 19, 2014

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Removing Protein “Garbage” in Nerve Cells May Help Control Two Neurodegenerative Diseases

Neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center say they have new evidence that challenges scientific dogma involving two fatal neurodegenerative diseases —…

December 11, 2013