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Reading, solving math problems, doing puzzles and many other activities that stimulate cognitive processes help prevent the development of a form of neurodegenerative dementia called Alzheimer's disease, researchers at the University of California in Berkeley (UCB) argue in a new study.
Making a lifetime habit... |
24 January 2012
09:27 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a new scientific study, it would appear that seniors who suffer from mild cognitive impairment (MCI) – an intermediary stage between normal aging and dementia – can avert additional memory loss by using nicotine patches.
This finding is very important because MCI is known... |
11 January 2012
10:37 GMT |
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Investigators at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor say that an analysis of positron-emission tomography (PET) scans taken over the past 10 years recently revealed the approach to be very safe and accurate in discovering dementia affecting the human brain.
As an added bonus, PET scans also proved to be tremen... |
7 January 2012
06:28 GMT |
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As the population of the developed world ages, the incidence of Alzheimer's disease in general is bound to increase as well. Given the costs associated with handling the condition, its stands to reason that experts would be looking for cures around the clock. A new approach is now being tested in the UK.Scientis... |
18 October 2011
08:37 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a new study on the way Alzheimer's disease damages the human brain, it would appear that the condition triggers an infectious process of sorts, which researchers found to be eerily similar to the one employed by mad cow disease (MCD).
Scientifically known as bovine spongiform e... |
6 October 2011
06:58 GMT |
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According to Swedish investigators, it may be that vitamin C plays an important role in dissolving the amyloid plaques that form in the brains of people who suffer from a neurodegenerative form of dementia called Alzheimer's Disease.Lund University experts say that the role of ascorbic acid in this condition has... |
19 August 2011
10:03 GMT |
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Rice University investigators announce the creation of a new diagnostics method for Alzheimer's disease, which functions in a very straightforward manner. The team developed a light-switching complex that can attach itself to the amyloid protein, a remarkable scientific feat. The amyloid protein tends to clump u... |
14 July 2011
08:41 GMT |
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Researchers found a direct correlation between getting sufficient amounts of vitamin D and a reduced risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, a neurodegenerative disorder that is affecting more and more seniors across the world.In the new investigation, investigators tested the protective properties of vitamin D ... |
11 July 2011
10:12 GMT |
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Clinicians are about to receive the first new set of diagnostics criteria for Alzheimer's disease in nearly three decades. The last revision of these criteria took place some 27 years ago. The new modification was made so that research, diagnosis and therapies reflect the latest discoveries. This revision, which... |
19 April 2011
05:45 GMT |
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A particular class of neurons, that is wiped out during the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, has just been derived from human embryonic stem cells by a team of experts in the United States. The discovery is groundbreaking, as it could provide researchers with the necessary tools to address this form of demen... |
5 March 2011
06:13 GMT |
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Patients suffering from forms of dementia such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) may benefit extensively from participating in storytelling sessions, where they can hear someone reciting old tales. This is the conclusion of a new scientific study on the issue, which was carried out by researchers at the University of ... |
28 February 2011
08:56 GMT |
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Scripps Research Institute researchers developed a possible new method for detecting Alzheimer's disease with a simple blood test, thanks to a technology using thousands of synthetic molecules to fish for disease-specific antibodies.Thomas Kodadek and his team, used a large library of artificial molecules known ... |
7 January 2011
07:11 GMT |
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A molecule containing a radioactive form of carbon can be used to locate aromatase – an enzyme responsible for the production of estrogen in the human brain, concluded a study carried out by the United States Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory.Furthermore, it seems that the areas o... |
4 November 2010
05:18 GMT |
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A new research supports the idea that vitamin B12 helps reduce the risk of memory loss, by saying that it could protect against Alzheimer's disease.This conclusion came after a seven-year study, which focused on 271 Finnish people, aged 65 to 79, without any dementia problems at the beginning of the re... |
19 October 2010
06:24 GMT |
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Treating conditions such as stroke and Alzheimer's requires drugs that need to reach the brain, but the blood-brain barrier is there to prevent this from happening. Now, experts propose a new way to bypass this obstacle. Under normal circumstances, having the BBB up and operational is the best thing anyone could... |
14 October 2010
10:30 GMT |
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A team of investigators in the United Kingdom have recently discovered a new type of synaptic interaction in the brain, which may in the near future be designated as a target for drugs aimed at fighting the form of dementia known as Alzheimer's Disease.The group, which is based at the University of Bristol, expl... |
20 September 2010
02:38 GMT |
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A new thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, in Sweden, reveals an interesting connection between the onset and development of dementia-related disorders and a patient's level of education. It would appear that the more education a person got in his or her early years, the more the ... |
31 May 2010
06:43 GMT |
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Alzheimer's disease if the most common form of dementia, affecting over 24 million people worldwide. It is degenerative, terminal and there's no known cure for it at the moment, which makes it an even scarier prospect than many of the other frightening demons of modern times, cancer and AIDS among them. Los... |
31 May 2008
05:09 GMT |
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Some of you may already be familiar (at least to some extent) with the myth of the Mediterranean lifestyle and the many benefits it is supposed to have. For those of you who are not yet acquainted with the basics of this heart-healthy eating plan, here is a quick review, just to give you the basics and get you starte... |
5 May 2008
08:56 GMT |
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