From the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital press release via EurekAlert!: A new study shows that memory pathology in older mice with Alzheimer’s disease can be reversed with treatment. The study by researchers from the…
From the Temple University press release via HealthCanal: A chemical hormone released in the body as a reaction to stress could be a key trigger of the mechanism for the late onset of Alzheimer’s disease,…
From the UCSF press release by Jeffrey Norris via HealthCanal: A new UC San Francisco-led study looks at the close link between diabetes and dementia, which can create a vicious cycle. Diabetes-associated episodes of low…
From the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis press release by Michael C. Purdy via HealthCanal: Scientists’ picture of how a gene strongly linked to Alzheimer’s disease harms the brain may have to…
From the UC Santa Barbara press release via EurekAlert!: Cinnamon: Can the red-brown spice with the unmistakable fragrance and variety of uses offer an important benefit? The common baking spice might hold the key to…
From the Mayo Clinic press release via HealthCanal: Elderly patients who receive anesthesia are no more likely to develop long-term dementia or Alzheimer’s disease than other seniors, according to new Mayo Clinic research. The study…
From the Karolinska Institutet press release via ScienceDaily: The disrupted metabolism of sugar, fat and calcium is part of the process that causes the death of neurons in Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers from Karolinska Institutet in…
From the Ruhr-University Bochum press release via EurekAlert!: A new hypothesis has been developed by researchers in Bochum on how Alzheimer’s disease could occur. They analysed the interaction of the proteins FE65 and BLM that…
From the Mayo Clinic press release via ScienceDaily: The strongest predictor of whether a man is developing dementia with Lewy bodies — the second most common form of dementia in the elderly — is whether…
From the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University press release via EurekAlert!: Women who abruptly and prematurely lose estrogen from surgical menopause have a two-fold increase in cognitive decline and dementia. “This is…