From the Society of Nuclear Medicine press release via EurekAlert!: Only recently has it become possible to create high-quality images of the brain plaques characteristic of Alzheimer’s disease in living people through positron emission tomography…
From the King’s College London press release: An international study by scientists in China, the UK and USA has found a link between passive smoking and syndromes of dementia. The study of nearly 6,000 people…
From the UNC School of Medicine press release via HealthCanal: Some brain changes that are found in adults with common gene variants linked to disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease, schizophrenia, and autism can also be…
From the American Academy of Neurology press release via EurekAlert!: People taking the blood pressure drugs called beta blockers may be less likely to have changes in the brain that can be signs of Alzheimer’s…
From the Alzheimer Research Forum media release: Planning to cover dementia research this year? Before the 12 Days of Christmas are over, bone up on the most compelling research trends of 2012 by reading Alzforum’s…
From the American Society for Cell Biology press release via EurekAlert!: The two infamous proteins, amyloid-beta (A?) and tau, that characterize advanced Alzheimer’s disease (AD), start healthy neurons on the road to cell death long…
From the BioMed Central press release via HealthCanal: Older people often worry about dementia and while some risks are known, for example alcoholism or stroke, the effects of illness are less clear. New research published…
From the Duke University Health System press release via HealthCanal: Employing a combination of imaging and biomarker tests improves the ability of doctors to predict Alzheimer’s in patients with mild cognitive impairment, according to researchers…
From the British Medical Journal press release via MedicalXpress: Feeling lonely, as distinct from being/living alone, is linked to an increased risk of developing dementia in later life, indicates research published online in the Journal…
From the UBC press release: A scientist at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health has identified the molecule that controls a scissor-like protein responsible for the production of plaques – the telltale…