17 articles
Health
Early adulthood stress linked to cognitive decline in middle age
Researchers at the University of California – San Francisco found that chronic inflammation in young adulthood significantly increases...
Carl Samson
China
Drinking 3 cups of tea daily could delay aging, study suggests
Scientists at China’s Sichuan University found that daily tea consumption could extend people’s lifespans. Key findings: Their r...
Bryan Ke
Food
Drinking tea, coffee may lower risk of cognitive disorders: study
Caffeine, a key component of both tea and coffee, plays a pivotal role in enhancing brain function and safeguarding against long-term cognit...
Ryan General
Education
$3.4M grant to fund study on racism’s impact on Alzheimer’s risk, care for Asian Americans
The National Institute on Aging will provide the grant to the research led by a research team at the University of Maryland ...
Chinese herbal medicine offers hope for memory loss, trial shows
A world-first clinical trial in Australia has found that Sailuotong (SLT), a Chinese herbal medicine compound, can significantly improve mem...
Pioneering study aims to help Asian Americans, Asian Canadians prevent and treat Alzheimer’s
Researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) Faculty of Medicine are leading a first-of-its-kind international study of Alzheimer...
Michelle De Pacina
19-year-old in China is world’s youngest to be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s: study
A team of Chinese researchers claimed to have discovered the world’s youngest Alzheimer’s disease patient. Scientists from Xua...
Opinion
Fleeting memories and the fickleness of family: How to say goodbye to a mother at a bus stop
“He made this in his first-grade arts and crafts class.” I watch Nai Nai’s fingers caress the roof of the model train. It’s tiny but formida...
Brian Zhang
Crime
Wash. jury sides with Issaquah officers accused of excessive force that killed an Alzheimer’s patient
A Washington federal jury sided with the two Issaquah police officers who were accused of using excessive force in restraining an Asian sen...
Alzheimer’s patient who says he can’t remember killing his granddaughter sentenced to prison in Japan
Susumu Tomizawa, an 88-year-old grandfather with Alzheimer’s disease, was sentenced to four and a half years in prison in Japan for killing...
News
Mother and Daughter Team Could Have the World’s First Alzheimer’s Vaccine
A biotech company founded by a mother-and-daughter team has developed what could potentially be the world’s first Alzheimer’s vaccine....
Asia
Elderly Chinese Woman with Alzheimer’s Tries to Pick Up Adult Daughter From Kindergarten
An elderly woman diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease tried to pick up her adult daughter from a kindergarten that she used to attend over thr...
He Brings His 92-Year-Old Mother With Alzheimer’s to Work Everyday
A 52-year-old courier from Chengdu, Sichuan province, China is winning the hearts of netizens for his filial piety for always bringing his 9...
Entertainment
Soon Tek Oh, Voice Actor of Mulan’s Dad, Dies at 85
Veteran actor Soon-Tek Oh passed away at the age of 85 on Wednesday in Los Angeles after battling Alzheimer’s Disease, according to Th...
Editorial Staff
Technology
Her Grandma Has Alzheimer’s, So She Built an App to Help Her Remember
After watching her beloved grandmother become increasingly forgetful over the past few years due to Alzheimer’s disease, 14-year-old Emma Ya...
Japan Helps Create Revolutionary New Test to Catch Alzheimer’s Disease
Diagnosing the chronic, neurodegenerative condition that is Alzheimer’s Disease requires thorough medical assessment that involves many test...
Chinese Professor Who Brings His Mother With Alzheimer’s to His Classes is ‘Son Goals’
A university professor from Southwest China’s Guizhou Province is melting the hearts of many Chinese netizens for his unconditional lo...
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