Sep. 6, 2016 The first validated set of pathological criteria for assessing the likelihood that cognitive impairment was caused by vascular disease has been outlined by new ...
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Sep. 2, 2016 Scientists are developing an early diagnosis system for neurodegenerative disorders. The system is intended to such diseases as multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease and others. The diagnosis ...
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Sep. 1, 2016 Researchers have created a chair that detects daily behavior and mental state of elderly patients or those subject to dementia. It uses the same principle as law enforcement interrogators or customs ...
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Sep. 1, 2016 What are the expectations of persons who decide to have their risk of Alzheimer’s Disease tested? What should doctors pay attention to when ascertaining individual risks? What is the benefit of ...
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Aug. 30, 2016 Antipsychotic medications are associated with an increased risk of pneumonia in persons with Alzheimer's disease, according to new research. The risk of pneumonia was the highest at the ...
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Aug. 29, 2016 Researchers examined cerebral blood flow in master athletes (ages 50-80 years) before and after a 10-day period during which they stopped all exercise. Using MRI brain imaging techniques, they found ...
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Aug. 29, 2016 Studies have indicated that nicotine may be beneficial for memory function. Scientists are set out to shed further light on the properties attributed to nicotine by determining the precise structure ...
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Aug. 29, 2016 A test that can detect Parkinson's disease in the early stages of the illness has moved a step ...
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Aug. 26, 2016 Using a new mouse model, researchers have found that stiffer arteries can also negatively affect memory and other critical brain processes. The findings may eventually reveal how arterial stiffness ...
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Aug. 25, 2016 Clinical trials and translational medicine have certainly given people hope and rapid pathways to cures for some of humankind's most troublesome diseases, but now is not the time to overlook the ...
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Aug. 25, 2016 Globally, about 42 million people now have dementia, with Alzheimer’s disease as the most common type of dementia. Rates of Alzheimer’s disease are rising worldwide. The most important risk ...
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Aug. 25, 2016 Scientists are testing a drug that could boost levels of critical protective protein in brain. In the study, the team conducted tests in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease by raising the ...
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Aug. 24, 2016 A formal bias analysis of previous studies finding that cognitive activities can reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias concluded that any confounding factors in the earlier ...
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Aug. 23, 2016 Researchers have found that faulty inhibitory neurotransmission and abnormally increased activity in the hippocampus impairs our memory and ...
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Aug. 23, 2016 Doctors have used an MRI-based technique to detect shrinkage in brain consistent with CTE, which, they say, could lead to diagnosis in the ...
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Aug. 23, 2016 Multivariate analysis of cognitive tests in Alzheimer's disease identifies five distinct groups of Alzheimer's disease patients, and suggests that multivitamins might slow progression only ...
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Aug. 18, 2016 Structural biologists provide a new explanation for how ALS-associated genetic flaws interfere with the proper function and behavior of the protein ...
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Aug. 18, 2016 A large screening program has identified several genes associated with age-related conditions including hearing loss, retinal degeneration and osteoarthritis. The animal study may lead to studies of ...
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Aug. 17, 2016 Calcium supplements may be associated with an increased risk of dementia in older women who have had a stroke or other signs of cerebrovascular disease, according to a new ...
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Aug. 17, 2016 Scientists reveal why people with the ApoE4 gene are more susceptible to Alzheimer's disease. Late-onset Alzheimer's disease--the subset of the disorder occurring in people age 65 and ...
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