News & Updates

A research team led by Dr. Jonathan Epp, PhD, and Dr. Derya Sargin, PhD, at the University of Calgary, funded by Brain Canada and Women’s Brain Health Initiative (WBHI), has identified a potentially promising target for new Alzheimer’s disease treatments. The results were recently published in Science Advances.

Face drooping – Arm weakness – Speech difficulty – Time to call for help! The acronym FAST (Face-Arms-Speech-Time) is both a reminder of the early symptoms of stroke and the urgent action necessary. Acute ischemic stroke (AIS) – the most common form of stroke – occurs when a blood vessel to the brain is blocked, starving part of the brain of oxygen.