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neurodegenerative disease

Can contact sports cause a degenerative brain condition? – Expert Q&A

Can contact sports cause a degenerative brain condition? – Expert Q&A

Expert Q&A  |  Published: 10 October 2024

Researchers are working to understand how often contact sports like rugby can lead to players developing Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). The condition […]

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Brain disease risk more than double among former rugby players – Expert Reaction

Brain disease risk more than double among former rugby players – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 05 October 2022

Health data of hundreds of former international rugby union players has revealed a risk of neurodegenerative disease that’s 2.5 times […]

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Potential human transmission of Alzheimer’s – Expert reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 10 September 201528 March 2016

The medical fallout from a historic hormone treatment has revealed that the amyloid beta protein associated with Alzheimer‘s disease may […]

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Alzheimer’s drug announcement – expert reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 23 July 201523 July 2015

Scientists are cautiously optimistic about new data indicating the drug solanezumab can slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease – if […]

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