Noninvasive test may screen for disease before symptoms appear It may be possible in the future to screen patients for Alzheimer’s disease using an eye exam. Using technology similar to what is found in many eye doctors’ offices, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have detected evidence suggesting Alzheimer’s in older patients who...
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Study: The eyes may have it, an early sign of Parkinson’s disease
Thinning of retina linked to loss of brain cells that control movement AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY MINNEAPOLIS – The eyes may be a window to the brain for people with early Parkinson’s disease. People with the disease gradually lose brain cells that produce dopamine, a substance that helps control movement. Now a new study has...
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Scientists discover why some people with brain markers of Alzheimer’s have no dementia
A new study from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston has uncovered why some people that have brain markers of Alzheimer’s never develop the classic dementia that others do. The study is now available in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. PET scan of a human brain with Alzheimer’s disease. Credit: public domain Alzheimer’s disease,...
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People with dementia and financial abuse – the warning signs and how to avoid it
When most of us go online to our internet banking account and set up a direct debit to pay a bill, we probably do it swiftly without much thought. But in reality it’s not that easy. In fact, there are a lot of complex processes involved in how we manage our finances, which older people,...
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Parkinson’s gene affects more people than previously thought
New research finds that a gene previously thought to affect only a small percentage of Parkinson’s disease cases actually affects many more. The findings mean that treatments that are being developed for a small number of people may, in fact, benefit many more. Almost 1 million people in the United States and nearly 10 million people across the world...
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Increased levels of human herpesvirus ID’d in Alzheimer’s
(HealthDay)—Subjects with Alzheimer’s disease have increased levels of two strains of human herpesvirus, according to a study published online July 11 in Neuron. Ben Readhead, M.B.B.S., from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, and colleagues constructed multiscale networks of the late-onset Alzheimer’s disease-associated virome, integrating genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic, and histopathological...
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Older people less apt to recognize they’ve made a mistake
The older you get, the less apt you may be to recognize that you’ve made an error. Credit: CC0 Public DomainIn a new study, University of Iowa researchers devised a simple, computerized test to gauge how readily young adults and older adults realize when they’ve made a mistake. Older adults performed just as well as...
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Majority of older adults with probable dementia are likely unaware they have it, study suggests
Less education and unaccompanied medical visits linked to lack of formal diagnosis or awareness of diagnosis JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE A Johns Hopkins Medicine analysis of information gathered for an ongoing and federally sponsored study of aging and disability adds to evidence that a substantial majority of older adults with probable dementia in the United States have never...
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Alzheimer’s breakthrough: Brain metals that may drive disease progression revealed
In brains affected by Alzheimer’s, researchers identify chemically reduced iron species, with mineral forms including a magnetic iron oxide UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK Breakthrough in description of metals in brain which may drive the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, made by international research collaboration, including University of Warwick In brains affected by Alzheimer’s, researchers identify chemically reduced iron species, with mineral forms...
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New study suggests viral connection to Alzheimer’s disease
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY Of the major illnesses facing humanity, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) remains among the most pitiless and confounding. Over a century after its discovery, no effective prevention or treatment exists for this progressive deterioration of brain tissue, memory and identity. With more people living to older ages, there is a growing need to clarify...