A research team from the University of Plymouth, University of Southampton and the Alexander Fleming Biomedical Sciences Research Center, Vari, Greece, have studied two structurally-similar proteins in the adult brain and ...
May 19, 2017
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(HealthDay)—For patients with dementia, proton pump inhibitor (PPI) use is associated with increased risk of pneumonia, according to a study published online March 21 in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
Mar 30, 2017
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Positive effects of cognitive training in healthy elderly people have been reported, but data regarding its effects in patients with dementia is unclear.
Feb 22, 2017
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When hospitalised, people can become acutely confused and disorientated. This condition, known as delirium, affects a quarter of older patients and new research by UCL and University of Cambridge shows it may have long-lasting ...
Jan 18, 2017
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A French observational study in real life showed that dementia patients benefiting from occupational therapy sessions report relevant clinical benefits over the intervention period, according to a research study published ...
Dec 22, 2016
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A Japanese city has introduced a novel way to keep track of senior citizens with dementia who are prone to getting lost—tagging their fingers and toes with scan-able barcodes.
Dec 8, 2016
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Women with dementia have fewer visits to the GP, receive less health monitoring and take more potentially harmful medication than men with dementia, new UCL (University College London) research reveals.
Dec 5, 2016
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Accumulating amounts of amyloid, which is a fragment of a larger protein, in the brain have been associated with the development of dementia, including Alzheimer's disease. Now a team of neuroscience and biochemistry researchers ...
Nov 22, 2016
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A novel telemedicine speech therapy program for people with language problems due to dementia significantly improved their ability to recall words they had "lost," reports a new Northwestern Medicine study.
Oct 24, 2016
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(HealthDay)—About 25 percent of dementia patients in U.S. nursing homes are still quieted with risky antipsychotic medications. Now, a small study suggests that managing these difficult patients, instead of medicating them, ...
Jul 26, 2016
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