Irvine, Calif., Oct. 9, 2023 — Julian F. Thayer, a Distinguished Professor of psychological science at the University of California, Irvine, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, one of the highest distinctions accorded to professionals in the medical sciences, healthcare and public health. He is one of 100 new members announced today.

Deep sleep could be key to forestalling slow declines in brain health that may one day lead to Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia. Based on their investigation involving 62 older, cognitively healthy adults, researchers from the University of California (UC) Berkeley, Stanford University, and UC Irvine in the US found individuals with brain…

“We need action now,” Christian Salazar, [associate project] scientist at the UC Irvine Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders, told ABC News. “We need to address these disparities now.” … “Clinical trials come in two different types. You have pharmacological trials — those that are geared towards drugs — and those that are not…

Human Centered – Stanford University, Sept. 11, 2023 (Podcast) Dan Simon, a 2022-23 CASBS fellow and USC law professor, joins in conversation with Elizabeth Loftus, a 1978-79 CASBS fellow and Distinguished Professor [of social ecology and law] at UC Irvine. Loftus is known in the public sphere through her decades-long study of memory – specifically,…

Nursing home residents with Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia have better outcomes when their facility specializes in dementia care, according to an NIA-funded study. … A research team led by scientists at the University of California, Irvine set out to determine how many nursing home residents with dementia …  lived in a setting where they…

At this stage, the small trial’s most significant success is its apparent safety, but University of California, Irvine neurologist [and professor] Claire Henchcliffe, who led the study, told Tech Review that the ultimate ideal outcome is far loftier. “The goal is that [the lab-grown cells] form synapses and talk to other cells as if they were from the…