Oncology & Cancer
Dementia tied to hormone-blocking prostate cancer treatment
Alzheimer's disease may be a risk for older prostate cancer patients given hormone-blocking treatment, a large, U.S. government-funded analysis found.
Jul 5, 2019
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Neuroscience
Music activates regions of the brain spared by Alzheimer's disease
Ever get chills listening to a particularly moving piece of music? You can thank the salience network of the brain for that emotional joint. Surprisingly, this region also remains an island of remembrance that is spared from ...
Apr 27, 2018
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Diabetes
Type 2 diabetes may raise dementia risk, especially in women: study
(HealthDay)—Women with type 2 diabetes may be at risk of developing a type of dementia resulting from damaged or blocked blood vessels to the brain, a new research review suggests.
Dec 17, 2015
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
A typical communication pattern of people with Alzheimer's disease
Dementia in any form is a heartbreaking disease that can take away the capacity for thinking and making judgements. To save face, people with dementia often pretend to know answers to questions, even when they really don't. ...
Jun 7, 2018
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Neuroscience
Researchers identify a subtype of brain cells that die in Parkinson's patients
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in the U.S. has identified a subtype of brain cells that die in Parkinson's patients. In their study, published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, the group used ...
Neuroscience
Educational background and previous brain injury may be associated with higher risk of frontotemporal dementia
Two recent studies from the University of Eastern Finland show that educational background and previous traumatic brain injury may potentially affect the risk of frontotemporal dementia.
Nov 25, 2022
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
New population-based studies show increased risk of dementia and depression in RA
In work presented at the 2022 EULAR Congress, Dr. Jens Kristian Pedersen and colleagues used data from the DANBIO registry to describe the all-cause mortality risk associated with depression in patients with incident rheumatoid ...
Jun 3, 2022
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Study suggests lithium may decrease risk of developing dementia
Researchers have identified a link suggesting that lithium could decrease the risk of developing dementia, which affects nearly one million people in the UK.
Mar 17, 2022
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Neuroscience
Recognition of anger, fear, disgust most affected in dementia
(Medical Xpress) -- A new study on emotion recognition has shown that people with frontotemporal dementia are more likely to lose the ability to recognise negative emotions, such as anger, fear and disgust, than positive ...
Oct 4, 2011
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Sarcopenic obesity linked to dementia in elderly patients
Obesity, an increasingly prevalent lifestyle disease, often occurs along with poor muscle mass. This condition, called sarcopenic obesity, is evaluated based on the patients' body mass index (BMI) and handgrip strength. Interestingly, ...
May 26, 2022
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