It may be possible to slow the decline in memory and learning as we age by tackling poor sleep, researchers hope.

Their study, in the journal Nature Neuroscience, has revealed an…

A team of researchers from Université Laval, CHU de Québec, and pharmaceutical firm GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has discovered a way to stimulate the brain’s natural defense mechanisms in people with Alzheimer’s disease.…

It was found that people who had taken blood pressure drugs, particularly a class known as beta blockers, showed fewer changes in the brain linked to Alzheimer’s…

Depression in a group of Medicare recipients ages 65 years and older appears to be associated with prevalent mild cognitive impairment and an increased risk…

Our Year in Review series highlights the major medical news stories of 2012. One of the most talked-about was the disappointing results in late-stage trials with a biologic drug targeting beta-amyloid…

An international team of researchers from the University of Massachusetts Medical School, the University of Bonn and the Center for Advanced European Studies and Research in…

Older people often worry about dementia and while some risks are known, for example alcoholism or stroke, the effects of illness are less clear. New research published in BioMed…

Drugmaker Eli Lilly & Co is confident it will do for Alzheimer’s patients what it did almost a century ago for diabetics - find a breakthrough treatment, even though…

Employing a combination of imaging and biomarker tests improves the ability of doctors to predict Alzheimer’s in patients with mild cognitive impairment, according to researchers at Duke Medicine.

The…

Vitamin D and calcium supplements taken together in low doses offered no protection against dementia in a large U.S. study of older women, but scientists are still holding out hope…

A software tool called PredictAD developed by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland promises to enable earlier diagnosis of the disease on the basis…

People with Parkinson’s disease benefit from exercise programs on stationary bicycles, with the greatest effect for those who pedal faster, according to a study presented today at the…

New research presented in October at the 6th Neurodegenerative Conditions Research and Development Conference in San Francisco demonstrates the role of the investigational compound IRX4204…

A new study suggests that women who begin taking hormone therapy within five years of menopause may reduce their risk of developing Alzheimer’s…

The scale of the challenge to reduce the use of anti-psychotic drugs by people with dementia may be under-estimated, according to researchers from Aston University and the…

Can you bite into an apple? If so, you are more likely to maintain mental abilities, according to new research from Karolinska Institutet.

The population is ageing, and the older…

An enzyme that could represent a powerful new tool for combating Alzheimer’s disease has been discovered by researchers at Mayo Clinic in Florida. The enzyme -…

New Rochelle, NY, September 5, 2012 - A group of experts has developed consensus recommendations for future research directions to determine why nearly two-thirds of Americans…

The inexorable spread of Alzheimer’s disease through the brain leaves dead neurons and forgotten thoughts in its wake. Researchers at Linköping University in Sweden are the first to show how toxic…

Genentech and AC Immune announced a second deal on treatments for Alzheimer’s disease Monday. The two companies, which collaborated on crenezumab, which targets beta amyloid proteins, are now taking on…

No effective treatments are currently available for the prevention or cure of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), the most frequent form of dementia in the elderly. The most recognized risk factors,…

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and other types of dementia are most common in the very elderly, and are associated with huge health costs. With a rapidly…

Two studies by neurological researchers at Rush University Medical Center suggest that, in the future, colonic tissue obtained during either colonoscopy or flexible sigmoidoscopy may be used…

Parkinson’s is a degenerative, neurological disorder that predominately affects movement. According to the National Parkinson Foundation, between 50,000 and 60,000 people are diagnosed with Parkinson’s every year.
Parkinson’s, also known as PD,…

A vigorous resistance training program not only makes patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) stronger but also reduces signs of their disease over the long term, a new study has found.

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