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Specialist care for Alzheimer's is tough to find for poorer, rural Americans

Specialist care for Alzheimer's is tough to find for poorer, rural Americans

by Cara Murez Healthday Reporter(HealthDay)—Although Alzheimer's disease is a devastating diagnosis that is better delivered earlier rather than later, new research suggests poor patients living i

Specialist care for Alzheimer's is tough to find for poorer, rural Americans

by Cara Murez Healthday Reporter(HealthDay)—Although Alzheimer's disease is a devastating diagnosis that is better delivered earlier rather than later, new research suggests poor patients living i
Scientists explain how the brain encodes lottery values

Scientists explain how the brain encodes lottery values

bySainsbury Wellcome CentreCartoon of a rat playing a game involving risk. Credit: The image was created with the assistance of AI (DALL·E 3)Neuroscientists have uncovered a key brain area in ra

Scientists explain how the brain encodes lottery values

bySainsbury Wellcome CentreCartoon of a rat playing a game involving risk. Credit: The image was created with the assistance of AI (DALL·E 3)Neuroscientists have uncovered a key brain area in ra
Global dementia cases set to triple by 2050 unless countries address risk factors

Global dementia cases set to triple by 2050 unless countries address risk factors

by LancetCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe number of adults (aged 40 years and older) living with dementia worldwide is expected to nearly triple, from an estimated 57 million in 2019 to 153 m

Global dementia cases set to triple by 2050 unless countries address risk factors

by LancetCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe number of adults (aged 40 years and older) living with dementia worldwide is expected to nearly triple, from an estimated 57 million in 2019 to 153 m
New study reveals key role vision plays in sculpting brain development

New study reveals key role vision plays in sculpting brain development

by Jake Siegel,Allen Institute for Brain ScienceMara Rue, Ph.D., co-lead author and scientist at the Allen Institute for Brain Science. Credit: Peter Kim/Allen InstituteScientists have long know

New study reveals key role vision plays in sculpting brain development

by Jake Siegel,Allen Institute for Brain ScienceMara Rue, Ph.D., co-lead author and scientist at the Allen Institute for Brain Science. Credit: Peter Kim/Allen InstituteScientists have long know
Detection of minimal hepatic encephalopathy in patients with cirrhosis based on the Stroop-CN model

Detection of minimal hepatic encephalopathy in patients with cirrhosis based on the Stroop-CN model

by Sichuan International Medical Exchange and Promotion AssociationPrevalence of minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE) in different groups of patients with cirrhosis. Credit:MedComm(2024).

Detection of minimal hepatic encephalopathy in patients with cirrhosis based on the Stroop-CN model

by Sichuan International Medical Exchange and Promotion AssociationPrevalence of minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE) in different groups of patients with cirrhosis. Credit:MedComm(2024).
Researchers map converging trajectories of cognitive development through adolescence

Researchers map converging trajectories of cognitive development through adolescence

byUniversity of PittsburghScaled domain general executive function scores generate reproducible adolescent growth charts across datasets and tasks. Accuracy (A) and latency (B) composite (z scor

Researchers map converging trajectories of cognitive development through adolescence

byUniversity of PittsburghScaled domain general executive function scores generate reproducible adolescent growth charts across datasets and tasks. Accuracy (A) and latency (B) composite (z scor
Presence hallucinations: An early predictor of cognitive decline in Parkinson's disease

Presence hallucinations: An early predictor of cognitive decline in Parkinson's disease

by Ecole Polytechnique Federale de LausanneEarly hallucinations in Parkinson's disease are associated with frontal cognitive decline (triangles), and preceded by specific frontal neural oscil

Presence hallucinations: An early predictor of cognitive decline in Parkinson's disease

by Ecole Polytechnique Federale de LausanneEarly hallucinations in Parkinson's disease are associated with frontal cognitive decline (triangles), and preceded by specific frontal neural oscil
Living with Alzheimer's: China's health time bomb

Living with Alzheimer's: China's health time bomb

Credit: CC0 Public DomainThe first time Chen Shaohua went missing and was picked up by police, the 68-year-old's family put it down to confusion.When he disappeared a second time, they realised he

Living with Alzheimer's: China's health time bomb

Credit: CC0 Public DomainThe first time Chen Shaohua went missing and was picked up by police, the 68-year-old's family put it down to confusion.When he disappeared a second time, they realised he
COVID-19 sees prescriptions increase for dementia drugs linked with serious side-effects

COVID-19 sees prescriptions increase for dementia drugs linked with serious side-effects

by Alzheimer's Research UKCredit: CC0 Public DomainNew research published inThe Lancetonline finds that not only are dementia deaths up 79% (ONS figures—19th Oct) compared to prev

COVID-19 sees prescriptions increase for dementia drugs linked with serious side-effects

by Alzheimer's Research UKCredit: CC0 Public DomainNew research published inThe Lancetonline finds that not only are dementia deaths up 79% (ONS figures—19th Oct) compared to prev
Shorter telomeres point to increased Alzheimer's risk

Shorter telomeres point to increased Alzheimer's risk

by Kim Krieger,University of ConnecticutHuman chromosomes (grey) capped by telomeres (white). Credit: PD-NASA; PD-USGOV-NASAShort telomeres in midlife are associated with a higher risk of develo

Shorter telomeres point to increased Alzheimer's risk

by Kim Krieger,University of ConnecticutHuman chromosomes (grey) capped by telomeres (white). Credit: PD-NASA; PD-USGOV-NASAShort telomeres in midlife are associated with a higher risk of develo
Neuroscientists reveal how brain coordinates attention and eye movements

Neuroscientists reveal how brain coordinates attention and eye movements

byIndian Institute of ScienceExploring the link between attention and eye movements. Credit: Priyanka Gupta/PixabayTwo new studies from the Center for Neuroscience (CNS), Indian Institute of Sci

Neuroscientists reveal how brain coordinates attention and eye movements

byIndian Institute of ScienceExploring the link between attention and eye movements. Credit: Priyanka Gupta/PixabayTwo new studies from the Center for Neuroscience (CNS), Indian Institute of Sci