NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND GALWAY IMAGE: EMER MCGRATH, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AT THE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES AT THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND GALWAY (NUI GALWAY) AND CONSULTANT NEUROLOGIST AT SAOLTA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS. CREDIT: NUI GALWAY International research led by NUI Galway has identified the most important risk factors for dementia in middle-aged...
DZNE – GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES Subjective memory disorders in conjunction with conspicuous levels of beta-amyloid proteins in the cerebrospinal fluid are a strong indication of developing Alzheimer’s disease. This is the conclusion of a DZNE study involving about 1,000 older adults. A team led by dementia researcher Frank Jessen reports on these findings...
by University of Bristol Left: The display that carers will see in the Milbotix app. Right: Milbotix founder and CEO Dr Zeke Steer. Credit: University of Bristol “Smart socks” that track rising distress in the wearer could improve the well-being of millions of people with dementia, non-verbal autism and other conditions that affect communication. Inventor...
by University of Cambridge It’s often said that a little stress can be good for you. Now scientists have shown that the same may be true for cells, uncovering a newly-discovered mechanism that might help prevent the build-up of tangles of proteins commonly seen in dementia. A characteristic of diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s—collectively...
by Andrew E. Budson, Harvard University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain If dementia is a general term that means thinking and memory has deteriorated to the point that it interferes with day-to-day function, what are the top three disorders that cause dementia in older individuals? Did you think of Alzheimer’s disease? Good! Alzheimer’s is the most...
by Monash University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A Monash University-led study has found a promising new treatment for patients with behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia, the second most common form of dementia in the under 60s—resulting in a stabilizing of what would normally be escalating behavioral issues, and a slowing of brain shrinkage due to the...
UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG IMAGE: LINA RYDÉN, SAHLGRENSKA ACADEMY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GOTEHNBURG. CREDIT: PHOTP BY JOSEFIN BERGENHOLTZ For people with atrial fibrillation, one of our most common cardiac disorders, dementia risk is elevated. This is shown by a University of Gothenburg thesis based on research at population level. Atrial fibrillation (AF), a common heart...
Written by Joshua Murdock, PharmD | Reviewed by Alyssa Billingsley, PharmD Published on March 17, 2022 Key takeaways: In March 2022, the FDA approved Adlarity (donepezil transdermal system) to treat Alzheimer’s-related dementia. Adlarity is a once-weekly patch that’s applied to your skin. Patches are often helpful if you can’t swallow pills or if pills cause...
by IOS Press Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new study led by a Baycrest clinician-scientist titled “Enhancing Clinical Visibility of Hearing Loss in Cognitive Decline” demonstrated that point of care screening for hearing loss in patients of a memory clinic raised physicians’ awareness of its high prevalence among their patients and led to more frequent...
A new study suggests that a contributing factor in dementia may come down to a double dose of bad waste management in the brain. A research team led by Yale, Stony Brook University, and the University of Rhode Island found that the body’s systems for flushing waste out of the brain failed to work properly...
