Research Highlights

NIA Research Summaries and Press Releases

• Fall-Prevention Training for Clinicians Can Reduce Serious Injuries (Summary)
• Study Examines Americans’ Experience of Pain (Summary)
• Interviews Can Help Judge AD Patients’ Capacity for Informed Consent (Summary)
• Immunization Reduced Aβ Brain Deposits in Older Dogs But Did Not Improve Cognition (Summary)
• Research on Medicare Part D Examines Adherence, Awareness of Coverage (Summary)
• Study Links Larger Waist Circumference to Higher Mortality Risk (Summary)
• Hypertension Reduces Blood Flow to Brain, May Pose Risk of Dementia (Summary)
• Study to Examine Early, Inherited Form of Alzheimer’s (News Release)
• Ginkgo Evaluation of Memory (GEM) Study Fails to Show Benefit in Preventing Dementia in the Elderly (News Release)
• NIA and McKnight Brain Research Foundation Join Forces (News Release)
• New NIH Research Initiative to Test Treatments for Menopausal Symptoms (News Release)
• Resveratrol Found to Improve Health But Not Longevity in Aging Mice on Standard Diet (News Release)
• Scientists Isolate a Toxic Key to Alzheimer’s Disease in Human Brains (News Release)