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It all started on Thursday when a bipartisan resolution was introduced into the Rhode Island General Assembly that condemned the Hamas attack on Israel. This week was the first week that legislators had met since the October attack.

Genetic detective work by Brigham researchers sheds light on a promising new treatment strategy for Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) manifests with a broad spectrum of age onset, symptoms, and severity levels. Lately, the SORL1 gene has garnered interest due to its links with both earl

Coverage of the housing and homelessness crisis by the staff of Globe Rhode Island.

For decades, abnormal proteins called amyloid and tau were widely accepted as the cause of Alzheimer’s disease. These theories dominated the field ...

A new research paper was published in Aging (abbreviated as "Aging (Albany NY)" by Medline/PubMed and as "Aging-US" by Web of Science) on the cover of Volume 14, Issue 14, entitled, "Aging the brain: multi-region methylation principal component based clock in the context of Alzheimer's disease."

PROVIDENCE – The General Assembly has approved legislation sponsored by Sen. Frank A. Ciccone III, who represents District 7 Providence, North Providence, and Rep. David A. Bennett, District 20, Warwick,

A bill to ban the sale of "nips" in Rhode Island has been introduced into the Rhode Island Assembly by Representative Bennett

Dear Dietitian,We often hear about diet and heart disease or weight loss. I recently read about a diet that might prevent dementia. Have you heard of this?

The General Assembly today approved legislation sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Michael J. McCaffrey and House Environment and Natural Resources Committee Chairman David A. Bennett to cut down on disposable plastic straw use in Rhode Island. The bill (2021-S 0155A, 2021-H 5131A), which would take effect Jan. 1, would not be an outright ban, but would prohibit food service establishments from providing single-use plastic straws unless requested by the consumer. It would also not prevent peo...

$13 on January 1, 2023; $14 on January 1, 2024 and  $15 on January 1, 2025. In contrast, Bank of America announced this week that it has set its own minimum wage of $25 per hour for employees effective immediately. And, President Joe Biden announced that the minimum wage for all federal contractors is $15. “At last, Rhode Island is on the path toward breaking the cycle of poverty for those at the bottom of the wage spectrum. Minimum wage has not kept pace with inflation over the decades, and...