Showing posts with label alzheimers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label alzheimers. Show all posts
Monday, May 23, 2016

New Spherical Brain Mapping for dementia diagnosis

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Diagnosis, treatment and care of dementia is one of the major concerns in neurology research and associated healthcare programs. Dementia af...

Synaptic proteins predict cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body dementia

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Our objective was to compare the levels of three synaptic proteins involved in different steps of the synaptic transmission: Rab3A, SNAP25, ...
Sunday, May 22, 2016

The Predictors study: Development and baseline characteristics of the Predictors 3 cohort

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The Predictors study was designed to predict the length of time to major disease outcomes in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients. Here, we des...
Saturday, May 21, 2016

Four major phenotypes may help improve prediction, prevention of cardiometabolic risk in prediabetes

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Prediabetes is associated with increased risk of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, dementia and cancer. However, the disease risk considerab...
Friday, May 20, 2016

A spherical brain mapping of MR images for the detection of Alzheimer’s disease

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Diagnosis, treatment and care of dementia is one of the major concerns in neurology research and associated healthcare programs. Dementia af...

Coprophagia linked to neurodegenerative dementia

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Coprophagia, eating one’s feces, is common in animals but rarely seen in humans. Mayo Clinic researchers reviewed the cases of a dozen adult...

Moblie, wearable technology could hold key to reducing social isolation among dementia patients

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Moblie and wearable technology used to support independent living for people with dementia could hold the key to cutting social isolation. ...
Thursday, May 19, 2016

Experts find vast mental health treatment gap in China and India

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A third of the global burden of disease for mental, neurological and substance use disorders occurs in India and China – more than in all hi...

Assistive tech to tackle dementia isolation

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Mobile and wearable technology used to support independent living for people with dementia could hold the key to cutting social isolation. ...

Successful extraction of Alzheimer’s-type dementia finger-tapping pattern

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The National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology (“NCGG”) in Japan has succeeded in identifying an index finger-thumb tapping pattern uniq...

A new lead in the quest to understand Alzheimer’s

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A consortium of European researchers is pursuing a new and unexpected lead in Alzheimer’s research. They are examining the intestinal microb...

High blood pressure could increase vascular dementia risk

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High blood pressure could significantly raise the risk of developing the second most common form of dementia, according to a new study from ...

Immune cells may protect against Alzheimer’s

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Clusters of immune cells in the brain previously associated with Alzheimer’s actually protect against the disease by containing the spread o...
Wednesday, May 18, 2016

New Research: High blood pressure raises risk of dementia

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High blood pressure could significantly raise the risk of developing the second most common form of dementia, according to a new study from ...

Why pleasant mealtimes could be key to Alzheimer’s care

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(HealthDay)—Making meals more enjoyable for people with dementia might reduce their risk of malnutrition and dehydration, researchers report...

Memory test offers clue to pathological diagnosis in primary progressive aphasia

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Patients with primary progressive aphasia show selective vulnerabilities in effortless learning and delayed retrieval of verbal information ...

Physical fitness may offer protection from Alzheimer’s disease, other dementias

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Recent research suggests that exercise might provide some measure of protection from Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. from Dementia...
Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Researchers explore ways to design changes in living environment for older adults with dementia

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As the population ages and demography changes, the UK is facing an unprecedented challenge of how to care for and support its older people. ...

Designing dementia-friendly care homes

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As the population ages and demography changes, the U.K. is facing an unprecedented challenge of how to care for and support its older people...

Study: Regular exercise at any age might stave off Alzheimer’s

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Recent research suggests that exercise might provide some measure of protection from Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. from Dementia...