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Washington, July 14 (ANI): In a new study, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found that people with Parkinson’s disease have significantly higher blood levels of a particular pesticide than healthy people or those with Alzheimer’s disease. The researchers ... Read More »
Alzheimer’s patients may not benefit from eating ‘brain food’ fish
London, July 13 (ANI): People with Alzheimer’s disease may not benefit from eating fish, even though it is considered to be a “brain food”, say American researchers. Two pieces of research have shown that the chances of getting the disease ... Read More »
Human blood stem cell growth factor reverses memory decline in Alzheimer’s mice
Washington, July 2 (ANI): Conducting experiments on mice genetically altered to develop Alzheimer’s disease, researchers at the University of South Florida and James A. Haley Hospital have found that a human growth factor that stimulates blood stem cells to proliferate ... Read More »
Identification of potential drug target gives new hope for Alzheimer’s patients
London, July 2 (ANI): A collaborative study conducted by researchers from UC Santa Barbara and several other institutions has provided laboratory that a cluster of peptides may be the toxic agent in Alzheimer’s disease. The researchers believe that the finding ... Read More »
How Alzheimer’s spreads throughout a patient’s brain
London, June 8 (ANI): A team of British scientists say that it may be possible to understand how Alzheimer’s spreads throughout a patient’s brain by looking at the transmission of abnormal proteins that form tangles in cells. “We’ve shown how ... Read More »
Dementia drugs may be risky for elderly patients
Washington, May 28 (ANI): Many commonly prescribed dementia drugs have side effects that may be risky for elderly patients, according to a Canadian study. People with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias are prescribed Cholinesterase inhibitors (Aricept, Exelon and Reminyl) because ... Read More »
Scientist calls for more research into vitamin D’s link with Alzheimer’s, vascular dementia
Washington, May 27 (ANI): Based on an analyses of previous studies, a research article suggests that further investigation into Vitamin D deficiency’s possible direct or indirect linkages with Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia is needed. William B. Grant, PhD of ... Read More »
Genes behind ageing process identified
London, May 26 (ANI): British scientists have identified genes that control the ageing process. The finding could lead to new drugs to prevent illnesses from heart disease to Alzheimer’s. In the laboratory, researchers have found that mutations could extend ... Read More »
Rats may be studied to see how Alzheimer’s robs sufferers of episodic memory
Washington, May 19 (ANI): In what may open new ways to study how Alzheimer’s disease causes life-robbing loss of memory in humans, scientists at the University of Georgia say that their latest study suggests that rats can be used as ... Read More »
Continuing to work in later life may help ‘avoid dementia’
London, May 18 (ANI): Alzheimer’s disease may be kept at bay by continuing to work later in life, say scientists. Researchers at the Institute of Psychiatry at King’s College London came up with proposition after analysing data from 1,320 dementia ... Read More »
Low cognitive function linked to age-related macular degeneration
Washington, May 12 (ANI): Older adults with low cognitive function are more likely to have the early stages of age-related macular degeneration, a new study has found. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) has long been thought to share a common pathway ... Read More »
Study sheds light on connections between type 2 diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease
Washington, May 12 (ANI): While there is some evidence that the causes underlying Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and type 2 diabetes (T2D) are linked, an analysis of past studies sheds some light on this connection. Scientists have identified several common denominators ... Read More »
Delirium hastens memory decline in Alzheimer’s patients
Washington, May 5 (ANI): An episode of delirium rapidly accelerates cognitive decline and memory loss in Alzheimer’s patients, according to a study by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and Hebrew Senior Life. Elderly patients often develop delirium ... Read More »
People with early Alzheimer’s fail to tell what’s important from what’s not
Washington, May 4 (ANI): When it comes to learning new things, Alzheimer’s patients, even with emerging symptoms, find it harder to separate what’s important from what’s not, according to a new study. Such evidence of early impact may help clinicians ... Read More »
Blackcurrants may help fight Alzheimer’s
London, May 04 (ANI): Compounds in blackcurrants may help slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, according to British scientists. The Scottish Crop Research Institute is working on a project trying to identify if the fruits can help tackle the ... Read More »