Dystonia – a neurological movement disorder – is estimated to affect around half a million people in the US and Canada alone. For years, researchers have tried to determine what causes the disorder and find ways to prevent and treat it, but to no avail. Now, investigators from the University of Michigan have created a […]
The study, conducted by Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), observed that older people who were considered cognitively normal and had a lower body mass index (BMI) had more widespread deposits of the beta-amyloid protein in the brain. Beta-amyloid is a protein that is the primary component of plaques characteristic of […]