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According to a new research carried out by Canadian physicians, a drug typically used to treat people suffering with diabetes could be used to improve on the mental abilities of those affected by Alzheimer's.
Thus, it seems that the laboratory-based experiments carried out as part of this researcher have show... |
14 December 2012
04:25 GMT |
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A series of drugs commonly used to treat cancer show great promise in reversing memory loss in animal models of Alzheimer's disease. The same holds true for a number of synthetic compounds that have not been tested thus far.
The conclusion belongs to a new study by investigators at the Cold Spring Harbor Labor... |
25 September 2012
08:38 GMT |
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Emory University scientists found in a new study that people who studied music as children were less likely to display symptoms related to cognitive decline, memory loss and overall brain aging as seniors than peers who did not study music.
Clinical neuropsychologist Brenda Hanna-Pladdy says that studying a musical ... |
3 August 2012
03:47 GMT |
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Patients suffering from the early stages of Alzheimer's disease can breathe a sigh of relief. Researchers at the Cambridge-based Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announce the development of a nutritional supplement that they say improves memory in this group.
What the new drug does is act on synapse... |
11 July 2012
10:19 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a new study, it would appear that consuming a lot of saturated fats – such as found in fatty meats, lard, butter, cheese, cream, coconut oil and palm kernel oil, among other sources – leads to cognitive decline and memory impairment in humans.
Investigators at the Brigham... |
21 May 2012
07:01 GMT |
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Scientists say that the memory loss diabetics experience as a result of their condition can be staved off by caffeine, the main active element in coffee and some teas. This study highlights an unobtrusive way in which memory decline can be addressed in those suffering from diabetes.
The research also shows how this ... |
7 May 2012
03:57 GMT |
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An interesting study I've just come across says that older men are more likely to suffer from memory loss – primarily through the development of mild cognitive impairment – than elderly women. I think this study has some interesting implications in the long run.
Another reason why these results are ... |
27 January 2012
10:11 GMT |
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Women who use birth control shots may be at an increased risk of suffering memory loss over time, the results of a new study indicate. The investigation was conducted on mice, but scientists say that the results may also be applicable to humans, due to the similarities we share with the rodents. Birth control shots i... |
2 November 2011
06:55 GMT |
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In a new scientific study conducted by Canadian researchers, it was discovered that seniors who have a high risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease can avoid the onset of the condition for a prolonged period of time by training their brains to rewire themselves. This also helps keep memory loss to a minimum.Expe... |
24 March 2011
11:57 GMT |
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A group of French neurologists and neuropsychologists have identified which elements of the semantic memory are the first to be affected by dementia and discovered an explanation to hyperpriming – a phenomenon that appears in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease.Semantic memory is the ability to remembe... |
20 December 2010
09:13 GMT |
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University of Cambridge researchers carried out a study that explains why people suffering from dementia have memory difficulties – the memories are not lost, but rather confused, since the brain forms incomplete memories that get mixed up.Until now, everyone thought that having memory problems means forgetting... |
7 December 2010
09:19 GMT |
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In a new scientific study, experts argue that walking may be one of the most efficient method of reducing signs of cognitive decline in seniors exhibiting symptoms related to forms of dementia such as mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer’s disease.The work, presented on November 29 at the annual meetin... |
29 November 2010
05:55 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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A team of investigators in the United Kingdom announces the development of a new drug, that experts say is capable of reversing memory decline brought on by old age in animal models.The experimental chemical works by reducing levels of stress hormones called glucocorticoids, which have been linked to impairing the br... |
18 October 2010
05:45 GMT |
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A team of Chinese scientists along with a Saint Louis University geriatrician, carried on a research that suggested that low testosterone levels could be related to Alzheimer's disease.The study focused on 153 Chinese men, recruited from social centers, who were at least 55 years old, were part of the community ... |
6 October 2010
08:19 GMT |
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A group of scientists announces that it was able to identify a genetic mechanism in the brain of elderly mice that could hold the key to allowing them to remember forgotten information. The mechanism could even theoretically be found in humans. If this is indeed the case, then it could be that we could witness the bi... |
7 May 2010
05:52 GMT |
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SenseCam, a project from Microsoft Research’s Cambridge (UK) laboratory, is designed to help recall inaccessible memories for patients suffering from amnesia as well as neurodegenerative diseases (Alzheimer’s). According to information in a JNNP study, SenseCam technology is capable of bringing back to li... |
16 March 2009
06:27 GMT |
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Vitamin B3 seems to hold many surprises in store for researchers, as evidenced by the latest discovery related to it, when scientists learned that a compound of the vitamin, named nicotinamide, showed an incredible potential in stopping the development of severe Alzheimer's symptoms, such as acute memory loss an... |
5 November 2008
06:22 GMT |
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Microbiology brings the goal of therapeutic memory erasure even closer to reality. Tests done on traumatized mice revealed that, by activating certain proteins in the brain, tragic memories can be totally erased and forgotten. In idle lab mice, the new therapy revealed that a month-old memory was totally disposed off... |
24 October 2008
04:40 GMT |
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Sleep apnea is a respiratory disorder manifested during sleep that involves episodes in which a person misses one or more breath at a time. The disorder is usually experienced in several episodes during the night and triggers fatigue and sleepiness during the day. Snoring and restless sleep are also symptoms associat... |
14 June 2008
06:55 GMT |
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