'Brain training' app boosts memory in dementia patients
Author: Gary Finnegan A ‘brain training’ game developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge, UK, could help improve the memory of patients in the very earliest stages… read more.
Author: Gary Finnegan A ‘brain training’ game developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge, UK, could help improve the memory of patients in the very earliest stages… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: One dosing with methylene blue appears to increase MRI-based response in brain areas that control short-term memory and attention, researchers reported on June 28 in… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Benzodiazepine therapy in older adults is not associated with an increase in dementia risk, researchers reported on Feb. 2, 2016 in The BMJ today.
by Bruce Sylvester: Researchers report that patients treated with the dementia drug rivastigimine are less likely to fall and are much steadier when walking, compared to patients receiving… read more.
by Gary Finnegan: The European Medicines Agency has released a revised guideline on medicines for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. The publication is… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Persons with high rates of diabetes-related complications appear to be more likely to develop dementia as they get older than persons with fewer diabetes-related complications, South… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Onset of diabetes raises the risk of significant memory and cognitive problems during the following 20 years researchers reported in the Dec. 2 issue of… read more.
World Health Matters – Germany – by Gary Finnegan: Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is twice as common in middle-aged people with diabetes mellitus type 2, according to researchers… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – The selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) citalopram appears to impede development of amyloid beta, a plaque-forming peptide in the brain believed to be involved… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – The selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) citalopram appears to impede development of amyloid beta, a plaque-forming peptide in the brain believed to be involved… read more.
Researchers have found that a diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in older adults was associated with increased risk for mild cognitive impairment (MCI), especially MCI of… read more.
Thirty five million people worldwide have dementia, and this number is expected to increase to 115 million by 2050. Agitation and aggression are common in people with dementia,… read more.