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12-Oct-2026

Helping others linked to slower cognitive decline among people at higher genetic risk for Alzheimer’s

University of Texas at Austin
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Regularly volunteering or informally helping people outside one’s home may buffer against accelerated decline in memory and thinking for people with a major genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease. The association was strongest among people at the highest genetic risk for Alzheimer’s.

Journal

Alzheimer s & Dementia

12-Oct-2026

How does experience tuning into sound shape hearing ability?

Society for Neuroscience
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Musicians and people with early blindness show a similar change in their brain that improves their ability to discriminate between pitches in sound.

Journal

JNeurosci

12-Oct-2026

 

Study links brain cancer risk with exposure to elevated concentrations of radon

Oregon State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Long-term tracking of nearly 160,000 people from across the United States suggests that brain cancer risk rises as exposure to radon increases.

Journal

Neuroepidemiology

12-Oct-2026

Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers identify promising biological marker linked to treatment-resistant psychosis

Johns Hopkins Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a preliminary study using blood and spinal fluid samples from 200 people, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have evidence that a well-studied blood pressure regulation protein appears to also be a marker for and perhaps play a role in treatment-resistant schizophrenia and other psychoses.

Journal

JAMA Psychiatry

Funder

Brain & Behavior Research Foundation

12-Oct-2026

Scientists uncover an ancient link between viral defense and chromosome protection

Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new antiviral defense system discovered by Columbia scientists offers clues to telomerase’s origins and could inspire new approaches to studying aging and improving cell therapies.

Journal

Nature

Funder

Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation, Spain Ministry of Science, Villem Fonden, NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program, Pew Charitable Trusts, Columbia University