Many healthy Americans take a baby aspirin every day to reduce their risk of having a heart attack, getting cancer and even possibly dementia. But is it really a good idea? Daily low-dose aspirin can be of help to older people with an elevated risk for a heart attack. But for healthy older people, the risk outweighs the benefit. Bruno Ehrs/Getty Images Results released Sunday from a major study of low-dose...
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Infectious Theory of Alzheimer’s Disease Draws Fresh Interest
Dr. Leslie Norins is willing to hand over $1 million of his own money to anyone who can clarify something: Is Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia worldwide, caused by a germ? The search for the cause of Alzheimer’s has so far come up dry. Some researchers are now asking if germs play a role....
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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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Alzheimer’s drug may stop disease if used before symptoms develop
August 1, 2018 by Fariss Samarrai, University of Virginia About 50 percent of people who reach the age of 85 will develop Alzheimer’s disease. Most will die within about five years of exhibiting the hallmark symptoms of the disease – severe memory loss and a precipitous decline in cognitive function. The reddish-blue mouse neurons in this...
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Just ONE blow to the head causes the same brain damage as dementia: A single injury produces ‘hallmark proteins of Alzheimer’s’
Tau proteins develop at the site of injury and spread elsewhere in the brain England striker Jeff Astle died from dementia due to heading leather footballs World Cup-winning footballer Nobby Stiles suffers from Alzheimer’s disease Mice with brain injuries also have tau proteins throughout their brains Around 850,000 people in the UK and 5.7 million...
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Treating dementia with the healing waves of sound
Ultrasound applied to the brain could help treat patients with dementia. TOHOKU UNIVERSITY Ultrasound waves applied to the whole brain improve cognitive dysfunction in mice with conditions simulating vascular dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. The research, conducted by scientists at Tohoku University in Japan, suggests that this type of therapy may also benefit humans. IMAGE: ULTRASOUND TREATMENTS COULD...
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Study: Lowering blood pressure helps prevent mental decline
July 25, 2018, by Marilynn Marchione Lowering blood pressure more than usually recommended not only helps prevent heart problems, it also cuts the risk of mental decline that often leads to Alzheimer’s disease, a major study finds. Margaret Graham, 74, has her blood pressure checked while visiting the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem,...
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New research focuses on treating non-cognitive symptoms of people with dementia
July 24, 2018, Alzheimer’s Association New research presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) 2018 in Chicago focuses on the recent successes and ongoing challenges of drug and non-drug treatments for the non-cognitive symptoms experienced by people living with Alzheimer’s dementia. Diagram of the brain of a person with Alzheimer’s Disease. Credit: Wikipedia/public domain....
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Common painkillers triple harmful side effects in dementia
Commonly-prescribed opioid-based painkillers led to harmful side effects tripling in people with dementia UNIVERSITY OF EXETER Commonly-prescribed opioid-based painkillers led to harmful side effects tripling in people with dementia. Researchers from the University of Exeter, King’s College London and the University of Bergen are presenting two studies at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference 2018 (AAIC)...