New research presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference this week found a link between constipation and cognitive decline.

UT Health San Antonio plans to begin construction soon on a multistory tower in the heart of the South Texas Medical Center that will be home to its $100 million Center for Brain Health.

The Alzheimer’s Association San Antonio & South Texas Chapter had a successful year last year, and that was in part due to a fundraising effort for the group started as a sibling rivalry on social media.

SAN ANTONIO – Around the world, 50 million people are living with Alzheimer’s Disease and other dementias. Alzheimer’s is a degenerative brain disease and the most common form of dementia, and right now there is no cure. San Antonio organizations are working not only to fund research, but help local families weather the challenges. And it shook my world,” Nia Mostacero said. On top of the local research money raised from the walk the funds will help support caregivers information session support groups and the helpline.

The Walk To End Alzeimer’s will take place this Saturday, Oct. 10 and the woman organizing it knows all too well how difficult this disease is. My dad passed away from COVID on July 19 and my mom passed away Aug. 4,” Gibbons said. She doesn’t want the fight to end Alzeimer’s to end. “After seeing my parents go through it, we understand, so it’s all gonna be virtual,” Gibbons said. There will be a ceremony for the Walk To End Alzeimer’s and the walk will take place at 9:30 a.m.“They can walk wherever they want to, it doesn’t matter where they live, they can live out of state and still walk with us,” Gibbons said.

A new study found that repetitive negative thinking in later life was linked to cognitive decline and greater deposits of two harmful proteins responsible for Alzheimer's disease. Negative thinking behaviors such as rumination about the past and worry about the future were measured in over 350 people over the age of 55 over a two-year period. "Taken alongside other studies, which link depression and anxiety with dementia risk, we expect that chronic negative thinking patterns over a long period of time could increase the risk of dementia," Marchant said. The researchers suggest that mental training practices such as meditation might help promoting positive thinking while reducing negative thoughts, and they plan future studies to test their hypothesis. That's probably because optimists tend to have better health habits, said cardiologist Dr. Alan Rozanski, a professor of medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, who studies optimism's health impacts.