Marriage is linked to reduced dementia risk

by Alzheimer's Research UKResearchers from University College London have found that people who are single or widowed are at a greater risk of dementia than people who are married. The resear

Updated on: March 07,2024

Marriage is linked to reduced dementia risk

by Alzheimer's Research UKResearchers from University College London have found that people who are single or widowed are at a greater risk of dementia than people who are married. The resear

Updated on:March 07,2024

World's first collection of brain metastasis living samples will help treat each patient with the most effective therapy

byThe Spanish National Cancer Research CentreSample prepared, classified and conserved at the CNIO Biobank. Credit: Laura M. Lombardía / CNIOAt 18 Spanish hospitals, when a patient with brain me

Updated on: January 12,2024

World's first collection of brain metastasis living samples will help treat each patient with the most effective therapy

byThe Spanish National Cancer Research CentreSample prepared, classified and conserved at the CNIO Biobank. Credit: Laura M. Lombardía / CNIOAt 18 Spanish hospitals, when a patient with brain me

Updated on:January 12,2024

Viral infections including COVID are among the important causes of dementia. One more reason to consider vaccination

by John Donne Potter,The ConversationCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainWith more of us living into old age than at any other time, dementia is increasing steadily worldwide, with major individua

Updated on: April 29,2024

Viral infections including COVID are among the important causes of dementia. One more reason to consider vaccination

by John Donne Potter,The ConversationCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainWith more of us living into old age than at any other time, dementia is increasing steadily worldwide, with major individua

Updated on:April 29,2024

Neuralink shows quadriplegic playing chess with brain implant

Elon Musk's Neuralink startup designed a surgical robot to implant devices into brains to link them to computers.Neuralink on Wednesday streamed a video of its first human patient playing computer

Updated on: March 28,2024

Neuralink shows quadriplegic playing chess with brain implant

Elon Musk's Neuralink startup designed a surgical robot to implant devices into brains to link them to computers.Neuralink on Wednesday streamed a video of its first human patient playing computer

Updated on:March 28,2024

Alzheimer's disease raises the risk of severe COVID-19 and death from this viral disease

by Elton Alisson,FAPESPPatients with dementia and especially Alzheimer’s run a threefold risk of dying as a result of infection by SARS-CoV-2. The risk is six times greater if they are over 80,

Updated on: April 16,2024

Alzheimer's disease raises the risk of severe COVID-19 and death from this viral disease

by Elton Alisson,FAPESPPatients with dementia and especially Alzheimer’s run a threefold risk of dying as a result of infection by SARS-CoV-2. The risk is six times greater if they are over 80,

Updated on:April 16,2024

The combination of dementia and domestic abuse is all too often overlooked

by Rebecca Zerk and Sarah Wydall,The ConversationCredit: AI-generated imageAround the world, domestic abuse affectsone in three women, and every three seconds,someone develops dement

Updated on: May 08,2024

The combination of dementia and domestic abuse is all too often overlooked

by Rebecca Zerk and Sarah Wydall,The ConversationCredit: AI-generated imageAround the world, domestic abuse affectsone in three women, and every three seconds,someone develops dement

Updated on:May 08,2024

Untangling the threads of early onset dementia

by Lynda De Widt, Mayo Clinic News NetworkCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainChanges in personality, behavior and language are hallmarks of frontotemporal dementia (FTD), the most common form of dementi

Updated on: April 06,2024

Untangling the threads of early onset dementia

by Lynda De Widt, Mayo Clinic News NetworkCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainChanges in personality, behavior and language are hallmarks of frontotemporal dementia (FTD), the most common form of dementi

Updated on:April 06,2024

Cure for male pattern baldness given boost by sugar discovery

byUniversity of SheffieldMicroscopic analysis of skin sections retrieved on day 21 of experiment after H&E staining. Credit:Frontiers in Pharmacology(2024). DOI: 10.3389/fphar.20

Updated on: August 01,2024

Cure for male pattern baldness given boost by sugar discovery

byUniversity of SheffieldMicroscopic analysis of skin sections retrieved on day 21 of experiment after H&E staining. Credit:Frontiers in Pharmacology(2024). DOI: 10.3389/fphar.20

Updated on:August 01,2024

Depression in Alzheimer's has different risk factors than depression in those without dementia

by University of BristolGDS trajectory analysis in NACC (A). Individuals with persistent depressive symptoms during follow-up (group 5) appeared to have more apathy (C), anxiety (D), and NPI rate

Updated on: April 20,2024

Depression in Alzheimer's has different risk factors than depression in those without dementia

by University of BristolGDS trajectory analysis in NACC (A). Individuals with persistent depressive symptoms during follow-up (group 5) appeared to have more apathy (C), anxiety (D), and NPI rate

Updated on:April 20,2024

Inflammation-triggering cellular pathway identified as potential new drug target for Alzheimer's disease

Updated on: March 09,2025

Inflammation-triggering cellular pathway identified as potential new drug target for Alzheimer's disease

Updated on:March 09,2025

Specific brain responses to traumatic stress linked to PTSD risk

by University of North Carolina Health CareCredit: CC0 Public DomainResults from the largest prospective study of its kind indicate that in the initial days and weeks after experiencing trauma, i

Updated on: February 21,2024

Specific brain responses to traumatic stress linked to PTSD risk

by University of North Carolina Health CareCredit: CC0 Public DomainResults from the largest prospective study of its kind indicate that in the initial days and weeks after experiencing trauma, i

Updated on:February 21,2024

Study discovers possible tool to diagnose common contributor to vascular dementia

by Keck School of Medicine of USCOptical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) images representative of high (top row), and low (bottom row) OCTA perfusion measures, and their corresponding FW

Updated on: March 02,2024

Study discovers possible tool to diagnose common contributor to vascular dementia

by Keck School of Medicine of USCOptical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) images representative of high (top row), and low (bottom row) OCTA perfusion measures, and their corresponding FW

Updated on:March 02,2024