Category: Alzheimer's / Dementia

People aged 65-plus are expected to make up almost a quarter of the UK population by 2032, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said today. There were 9.5 million over-65s in the UK in 2007 compared with 8.5 million in 1982, a rise of 16%. The figure is projected to rise to 16.1 […]

Cholinesterase inhibitors, used to treat cognitive symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease, are also a safe and effective alternative therapy for the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia, according to a study that appears in the December 2008 edition of Clinical Interventions in Aging.

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A drug commonly used to treat epilepsy could help clear the plaques in the brain associated with Alzheimer’s disease, according to researchers at the University of Leeds. The plaques are known to lead to the progressive death of nerve cells in the brain linked to many forms of dementia.

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CSIRO scientists have developed a new system to screen for compounds that can inhibit one of the processes that takes place during the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. In a paper published in the latest edition of the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, folate is shown to be beneficial in the screening system.

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Last week, at the Society for Neuroscience Conference in Washington DC, Neuronetrix announced preliminary results from a clinical study of their COGNISION(TM) System to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease. The study was performed with Alzheimer’s patients at the University of Kentucky’s Sanders-Brown Center for Aging. The COGNISION(TM) System uses event-related potentials (ERP) to record […]

Many of the service members who experience traumatic brain injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan are at risk for long-term health problems such as depression and dementia, but it is unknown how high those risks are, according to an Institute of Medicine report released Thursday, the

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Stop and think for a moment. What do you remember about your breakfast this morning? One part of your brain will recall the smell of coffee brewing, while another will remember your partner’s smile while walking out the door. How does the brain weave together these fragments, and how does it bring them back to […]

Leading researchers and clinicians from the field of neuromodulation assembled today at the 12th annual meeting of the North American Neuromodulation Society (NANS), continuing until December 7 in Las Vegas, NV.

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Researchers at the Babraham Institute near Cambridge, supported by the Alzheimer’s Research Trust and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), have discovered that the brain’s circuitry survives longer than previously thought in diseases of ageing such as Alzheimer’s disease. The findings were published in the journal Brain. Alzheimer’s disease causes […]

Those diagnosed with early stage dementia can slow their physical, mental and psychological decline by taking part in therapeutic programs that combine counseling, support groups, Taiji and qigong, researchers report. Some of the benefits of this approach are comparable to those achieved with anti-dementia medications. The findings are detailed in the American […]