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Alzheimer’s-in-a-dish model made better with microfluidic system

Researchers from Massachusetts have used a microfluidic device to incorporate neuroinflammation into the Alzheimer's-in-a-dish model for drug discovery.

31 Jul 2018

Study uncovers why elderly people struggle to swallow

A new study has revealed people naturally lose muscle and function in the throat as they age, making it harder for food to move from the mouth to the space above the food pipe.

31 Jul 2018

Missed visits, uncontrolled pain and fraud: report says hospice lacks oversight

Elderly patients spent over two weeks in uncontrolled pain or respiratory distress. Acute care was rare on weekends. And recruiters went door to door pitching fraudulent schemes, luring healthy patients to sign up for hospice in exchange for free housecleaning and medicine.

31 Jul 2018

Study: Reducing systolic blood pressure lowers MCI, dementia risk

Lowering one's blood pressure is beneficial not only for the heart, but also for the mind. For the first time, researchers have proved that lowering systolic blood pressure to 120 mm Hg or less reduces the risk of mild cognitive impairment, which in turn, reduces one's risk of developing Alzheimer's disease or dementia.

27 Jul 2018

ERC offers grants to early career researchers to conduct pioneering research projects

Why is the world so green? What can we eat to prevent dementia? Are our eyes really the windows to our personalities? 403 talented early career researchers have been awarded European Research Council grants to answer such questions.

27 Jul 2018

Pilot study uses naturalistic driving approach to examine self-regulation behavior of older adults with AD

Driving is a complex task that involves perceptual, motor and cognitive abilities. These abilities may be affected in early Alzheimer Disease (AD) patients.

27 Jul 2018

Discovery of two molecules could pave way for new drugs to treat traumatic brain injury

After 10 years of research, a Rutgers-led team of scientists has identified two molecules that protect nerve cells after a traumatic brain injury and could lead to new drug treatments.

27 Jul 2018

How soon is soon enough to learn you have Alzheimer’s?

Jose Belardo of Lansing, Kan., spent most of his career in the U.S. Public Health Service. He worked on the front lines of disasters in such places as Haiti, Colombia, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic. At home with his three kids and wife, Elaine, he’d always been unfailingly reliable, so when he forgot their wedding anniversary two years in a row, they both started to worry.

26 Jul 2018

Study gives insights into how better clinical trials can address ‘critically low’ dementia research

New research gives insights into how the design of clinical trials can improve to address the "critically low" research pipeline and improve the chances of finding effective dementia therapies.

26 Jul 2018

Cancer and heart disease are deadlier in the developing world than in western nations

Diseases such as cancer, heart disease and stroke are deadlier in the developing world than in rich nations. This is the finding of a new analysis from researchers at Imperial College London.

26 Jul 2018

Dizziness could be an early sign of dementia finds study

A new study has found that people who feel dizzy when they stand up from lying down or sitting positions, are more at risk of developing dementia or stroke. The study was published in the latest issue of the journal Neurology.

25 Jul 2018

Aggressive lowering of blood pressure reduces MCI risk, study shows

Significant reductions in the risk of mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and the combination of MCI and dementia, have been shown for the first time through aggressive lowering of systolic blood pressure in new research results from the federally-funded SPRINT MIND Study reported at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference 2018 in Chicago.

25 Jul 2018

Optician’s test could be used to help assess dementia risk

A study has shown that a simple optician’s eye test could help predict whether a person is at risk of developing dementia.

25 Jul 2018

Scientists discover new potential target for treating diabetes

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have discovered that one of the building blocks in the calcium channels in the pancreatic beta cells play an important role in regulating our blood glucose values.

24 Jul 2018

Common opioid-based painkillers increase harmful side effects in people with dementia

Commonly-prescribed opioid-based painkillers led to harmful side effects tripling in people with dementia.

24 Jul 2018

Roche receives Breakthrough Device Designation from FDA for new Alzheimer's disease assays

Roche announced today, that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted Breakthrough Device Designation to Elecsys ß-Amyloid (1-42) CSF and Elecsys Phospho-Tau (181P) CSF.

From Roche Sequencing and Life Science 24 Jul 2018

Alzheimer’s disease greater in females, researchers speculate

This week, at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference in Chicago, a group of researchers presented reserch findings on the gender differences in Alzheimer’s causation. They speculated that women might be getting Alzheimer’s and dementia more commonly than men and the reason behind this has not been clearly understood. Estrogen or the female hormone could be the key, the researchers state.

23 Jul 2018

Virtual reality may improve empathy and understanding for older adults with dementia

Virtual reality technology gives high school students greater insight into what it's like to be Alfred -- a 74-year-old African American man with suspected mild cognitive impairment, plus age-related vision and hearing loss, or Beatriz, a middle-aged Latina, as she progresses through the continuum of Alzheimer's disease.

23 Jul 2018

New study offers robust insights into under-treatment of women with heart attacks

Published in today's Medical Journal of Australia, the study of 2898 patients reveals that six months after hospital discharge, death rates and serious adverse cardiovascular events in women presenting with ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction in the past decade were more than double the rates seen in men.

23 Jul 2018

Study reports data on dementia prevalence in sexual minority older adults

The first dementia prevalence data from a large population of lesbian, gay and bisexual older adults was reported today at the 2018 Alzheimer's Association International Conference in Chicago.

23 Jul 2018

Dementia News and Research

Latest Dementia News and Research

Alzheimer’s-in-a-dish model made better with microfluidic system

Study uncovers why elderly people struggle to swallow

Missed visits, uncontrolled pain and fraud: report says hospice lacks oversight

Study: Reducing systolic blood pressure lowers MCI, dementia risk

ERC offers grants to early career researchers to conduct pioneering research projects

Pilot study uses naturalistic driving approach to examine self-regulation behavior of older adults with AD

Discovery of two molecules could pave way for new drugs to treat traumatic brain injury

How soon is soon enough to learn you have Alzheimer’s?

Study gives insights into how better clinical trials can address ‘critically low’ dementia research

Cancer and heart disease are deadlier in the developing world than in western nations

Dizziness could be an early sign of dementia finds study

Aggressive lowering of blood pressure reduces MCI risk, study shows

Optician’s test could be used to help assess dementia risk

Scientists discover new potential target for treating diabetes

Common opioid-based painkillers increase harmful side effects in people with dementia

Roche receives Breakthrough Device Designation from FDA for new Alzheimer's disease assays

Alzheimer’s disease greater in females, researchers speculate

Virtual reality may improve empathy and understanding for older adults with dementia

New study offers robust insights into under-treatment of women with heart attacks

Study reports data on dementia prevalence in sexual minority older adults

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