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How hundreds of religious sisters contributed to ‘groundbreaking’ 30-year Alzheimer’s study

Mar 14, 2025

By Daniel Payne

Launched in 1986 by neurologist David Snowdon, the “Nun Study” produced “seminal findings” on “cognitive impairment and related neuropathologies,” researchers... Read more

Five COVID deaths at Wisconsin home for religious sisters with dementia

May 1, 2020

Within the past month, a Wisconsin retirement home for religious sisters with dementia has had several sisters die and four... Read more