Washington, July 8 : A Swedish study has revealed that high levels of several vitamin E components in the blood are associated with a decreased risk for Alzheimer’’s disease (AD) in advanced age.
The research has suggested that vitamin E may help prevent cognitive deterioration in elderly people.
“Vitamin E is a family of eight natural components, [...]
Washington, July 6 : Symptoms of depression show little change during the development and progression of Alzheimer’’s disease, according to a study.
Researchers at Rush University Medical Center tracked symptoms of depression during the transition from no cognitive impairment to dementia and found that depression is a risk factor and not an early sign of Alzheimer’’s [...]
Washington, May 25 : Occasional drinking can cut the risk of developing Alzheimer’’s disease, especially among women and non-smokers, says a new study.
The study has been published in the Journal of Alzheimer’’s Disease.
Researchers at the University of Valencia, the Generalitat Valenciana, and the Institut Municipal d”Investigació Mèdica, Barcelona, in Spain, carried out a study comparing [...]
Washington, May 14 : Catheter ablation, treatment of the most common heart rhythm disorder, significantly reduces the risk of stroke, mortality, Alzheimer’’s disease and other forms of dementia, researchers have found.
The finding, by researchers from the Heart Institute at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah, was presented at National Heart Rhythm Society Sessions.
According to two [...]
Washington, May 12 : A group of researchers has identified two new genes that may be risk factors for the development of late-onset Alzheimer’’s disease (AD).
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine, in collaboration with scientists from the Rotterdam Study led by professor Monique Breteler; the Cardiovascular Health Study led by professor Oscar Lopez; the [...]
Washington, Apr 15 : A gene that appears to increase a person’’s risk of developing late-onset Alzheimer’’s disease has been identified by researchers.
The research will be presented as part of the late-breaking science program at the American Academy of Neurology’’s 62nd Annual Meeting in Toronto, April 10 – 17, 2010. The gene, abbreviated MTHFD1L, is [...]
Washington, Apr 6 : Scientists have found a new low cost method to predict Alzheimer’’s disease—assessing the brain’s capacity for information.
Penn State researchers have claimed that by examining a person’s processing capacity for information, they can cheaply and easily test the progression of mild cognitive impairment (MCI).
“We have developed a low-cost behavioural assessment that can [...]
Washington, April 2 : Rapamycin, a drug that has been shown to extend lifespan in mice and is used to prevent rejection of transplanted organs, has demonstrated an ability to prevent Alzheimer’’s disease.
A few weeks after a report that rapamycin curbed the effects of Alzheimer’’s disease in mice, a second group is announcing similar results [...]
Washington, Feb 25 : A new study has revealed that rapamycin, a drug that keeps the immune system from attacking transplanted organs, may help fight Alzheimer’’s disease.
Researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio found that rapamycin rescued learning and memory deficits in a mouse model of Alzheimer’’s.
Senior author, Salvatore Oddo, [...]
Washington, Feb 19 (ANI): Lack of adequate vision coverage of older adults may put them at increased risk of Alzheimer’’s disease – the most common form of dementia, according to a University of Michigan Health System study.
The study, which used Medicare data, showed that those with poor vision who visited an ophthalmologist at least once [...]