Alzheimer's disease may be less likely in those who had good language skills when college age, U.S researchers say. The study, published in Neurology, was based on participants in the Nun Study -- an ongoing clinical study of Alzheimer's disease risk factors in members of the School Sisters of Notre Dame congregation living in the United States. Study author Dr.

When Sister Kathleen Treanor's soul ascends to heaven, her brain will go to a less ethereal realm: a medical lab in Kentucky.