Tag: Alzheimer’s

Study links lifelong depression with increased risk of vascular dementia, late-life depression with increased Alzheimer’s risk

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From the Kaiser Permanente press release via HealthCanal: Depressive symptoms that occur in both midlife and latelife are associated with an increased risk of developing vascular dementia, while symptoms that… Read more »

Study suggests ability to imagine and plan future depends on brain regions that store general knowledge

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From the Neuroscience Research Australia press release via MedicalXpress: Dr. Muireann Irish from Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) found that dementia patients who can no longer recall general knowledge – for… Read more »

Study finds pathological aging brains contain same plaques as Alzheimer’s

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From the BioMed Central press release via EurekAlert!: Pathological aging (PA) is used to describe the brains of people which have Alzheimer’s disease (AD)-like pathology but where the person showed… Read more »

Study looks at effect of alcohol intake on risk of cognitive decline and dementia risk in elderly

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From the Boston University Medical Center press release via EurekAlert!: Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and other types of dementia are most common in the very elderly, and are associated with huge… Read more »

Study points to effect of brain cells that mediate immunity on memory

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From the University of Queensland press release via MedicalXpress: Scientists at University of Queensland’s Brain Institute are one step closer to developing new therapies for treating dementia. QBI’s Dr Jana… Read more »

Study suggests effects of aging on brain and cognition and modified by genes and vascular risk

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From the Wayne State University press release via EurekAlert!: Efforts to understand how the aging process affects the brain and cognition have expanded beyond simply comparing younger and older adults…. Read more »