A simple blood test can diagnose Alzheimer’s disease, sometimes decades before symptoms even begin. Scientists revealed a protein involved in the damage of brain cells accumulates in the blood of patients up to 20 years before memory declines. P-tau217 clumps abnormally in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients — and some tiny fragments can leak into … Read more
Pneumonia vaccine may reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer’s by up to 40%, study finds – as evidence mounts that shots could boost the immune system to protect the brain Researchers looked at the medical records of more than 5,100 people aged 65 or older They found that receiving the pneumonia vaccine reduces the risk of … Read more
Have you heard of the peanut butter test for Alzheimer’s? If you can’t smell it, it could be an early-warning sign of the disease. I know, it sounds bizarre. When I told my husband about it a few weeks back, I’m fairly sure he didn’t believe me – in fact, I began to doubt myself. As … Read more
Iron accumulation in the outer layer of the brain could lead to mental deterioration in people with Alzheimer’s disease, scientists report. MRI scans over the course of 17 years showed people with Alzheimer’s have higher levels of iron in some regions of the brain – including deep grey matter, temporal lobes and neo-cortex – than … Read more
Iron accumulation in the outer layer of the brain is associated with cognitive deterioration in people with Alzheimer’s disease, scientists report. MRI scans showed higher levels of iron in regions of the brain, including deep grey matter, temporal lobes and neo-cortex, in people with Alzheimer’s compared with those without the disease of the same age. Brain … Read more
KYLIE MINOGUE: CHARLENE ROBINSON Kylie won hearts as Charlene with her on-screen romance with Scott Robinson, played by Jason Donovan She’s now a globally famous pop singer and in a relationship with GQ’s creative director Paul Solomons The pint-sized songstress is arguably the show’s most famous exports after finding worldwide fame as a singer when … Read more
The coronavirus pandemic had led to an additional 15,000 American deaths from Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. Approximately 100,000 people died from the age-related brain diseases from February 2020 through May 2020, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This means the fatality rate for Alzheimer’s and dementia was 18 percent higher than … Read more
A combination of different healthy lifestyle habits such as being physically active, not smoking and a high-quality diet can reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer’s. Researchers from the Rush University Medical Center examined data on nearly 3,000 people from two longitudinal studies run by the National Institute for Aging. They found that people in the dataset … Read more
Can negative thinking lead to dementia? People with a gloomy outlook could be more likely to get degenerative illness, research suggests Repetitive negative thoughts, also known as RNT, could lead to Alzheimer’s This way of thinking can lead to a build-up of harmful deposits in the brain A journal has called for more research into … Read more
Can negative thinking lead to dementia? People with a gloomy outlook could be more likely to get degenerative illness, research suggests Repetitive negative thoughts, also known as RNT, could lead to Alzheimer’s This way of thinking can lead to a build-up of harmful deposits in the brain A journal has called for more research into … Read more