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August 19, 2026

Research

What can moments of lucidity teach us about Alzheimer’s?

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Science Friday

Watching a loved one with Alzheimer’s or dementia slowly lose their cognitive abilities can be heartbreaking. While the person you once knew seems to be slipping away, sometimes people with Alzheimer’s briefly seem like their old selves again. They may remember a long-forgotten name or suddenly regain the ability to have a fluid conversation. What do these moments of lucidity really mean for the progression of the disease? And what implications do they have for those living with the disease, and their caretakers?

This Common Gut-Bacteria Compound May Be Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease

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Sci Tech Daily

Nearly a decade ago, University of Wisconsin–Madison professors Barbara Bendlin and Federico Rey led research showing that people with Alzheimer’s disease have different communities of intestinal microbes than healthy individuals.

“Since then, we’ve been trying to figure out how this difference in the gut perhaps leads to changes in the brain,” says Bendlin, a professor of gerontology in the UW School of Medicine and Public Health.

Athletics

Past colleagues praise Wisconsin AD Shawn Eichorst’s leadership

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Long before the University of Wisconsin’s athletic director position was within Shawn Eichorst’s sights, he had “Bucky.”

The backstory of “Bucky” goes back to 2018 – seven years after he last lived in Madison and eight years before his recent hire with the Badgers that he could have hardly predicted at that point.

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