You’re about to head out the door to catch the T for a Celtics game. You’ve got your keys and wallet in hand but you’re missing one thing–your phone. You search all around your apartment, only to find ...
The contribution of nearly 700 Catholic religious sisters to a “groundbreaking” decades-long study on Alzheimer’s and dementia continues to offer important information for maintaining “cognitive ...
SAN ANTONIO, Feb. 26, 2025 – Catholic nuns don’t make a habit of participating in long-term studies on aging and dementia, but one notable exception has yielded critical insights into cognitive ...
WILTON, Conn. -- When Sister Kathleen Treanor's soul ascends to heaven, her brain will go to a less ethereal realm: a medical lab in Kentucky. Two decades ago, Sister Treanor and 677 other members of ...
WILTON, Conn. -- When Sister Kathleen Treanor's soul ascends to heaven, her brain will go to a less ethereal realm: a medical lab in Kentucky. Two decades ago, Sister Treanor and 677 other members of ...
MINNEAPOLIS — Last fall, scientists from the University of Minnesota returned from Kentucky with some 600 preserved brains and 439 boxes filled with memories. That’s how the world-famous Nun Study of ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tibetan nuns study during the winter examination period at the Dolma Ling Nunnery in Dharamshala, India, in 2022. Rebecca ...
Dr. David Snowdon has spent 22 years hanging out with nuns at Catholic convents. As a scientist studying the causes of Alzheimer's disease, his subjects are the nuns of the School Sisters of Notre ...
Snowdon expanded his study over the years, recruiting more nuns at other School Sister convents nationwide and joining the University of Kentucky to devote himself fully to the project. By 1992, he ...