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Eating processed meat could increase dementia

Written by | 28 Mar 2021

Scientists from the University of Leeds’s Nutritional Epidemiology Group used data from 500,000 people, discovering that consuming a 25g serving of processed meat a day, the equivalent to one rasher… read more.

Mutations associated with early onset dementia

Written by | 28 Dec 2020

Scientists at Trinity College Dublin announced a significant advance in our understanding of an early onset form of dementia that may also progress our understanding of conditions such… read more.

Drug for common liver condition may be an effective treatment for dementia

Written by | 3 Oct 2020

A drug used to treat cirrhosis of the liver may be an effective treatment for a form of Dementia and motorneuron disease, scientists have discovered. The research, led… read more.

Genetic causes of tumors in salivary glands

Written by | 17 Nov 2019

Acinic cell carcinoma is the third most common malignant form of salivary gland cancer.

'Brain training' app boosts memory in dementia patients

Written by | 8 Sep 2017

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.

Methylene blue appears to improve short-term memory

Written by | 12 Jul 2016

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.

Benzodiazepine use not linked to dementia

Written by | 3 Mar 2016

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.

Rivastigmine treatment appears to improve walking in Parkinson’s patients

Written by | 2 Mar 2016

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.

EMA Highlights: New guideline on Alzheimer’s medicines

Written by | 17 Feb 2016

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.

Diabetes-related dementia linked to other complications

Written by | 28 Jul 2015

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.

Midlife diabetes onset tied to significant cognitive decline in ensuing 20 years

Written by | 22 Jan 2015

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.

Is diabetes linked to cognitive impairment?

Written by | 23 Dec 2014

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.

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