Alzheimer's disease & dementia

New coping strategy for the memory impaired and their caregivers

Mindfulness training for individuals with early-stage dementia and their caregivers together in the same class was beneficial for both groups, easing depression and improving sleep and quality of life, reports new Northwestern ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia

Finding Alzheimer's disease before symptoms start

Johns Hopkins researchers say that by measuring levels of certain proteins in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), they can predict when people will develop the cognitive impairment associated with Alzheimer's disease years before ...

Neuroscience

Migraine diagnoses positively associated with all-cause dementia

Several studies have recently focused on the association between migraine headaches and other headaches and dementia and found a positive migraine-dementia relationship. However, most of these studies have failed to simultaneously ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia

Q&A: The signs of dementia and what can be done to stave it off

The number one risk factor for Alzheimer's disease is age, far more than genetics. Because of the aging of the U.S. population, there are currently 6.7 million Americans with dementia, including Alzheimer's.

Alzheimer's disease & dementia

Digital detection of dementia: Using AI to identify undiagnosed cases

Rising to meet the formidable challenge of the timely diagnosis of dementia, research scientists from Regenstrief Institute, IUPUI and the medical schools of Indiana University and University of Miami are conducting the Digital ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia

Lifelong marriage lowers risk of dementia, suggest large study

If you are married continuously for many years in midlife, you have a lower risk of developing dementia in old age, according to a recently published study based on data from HUNT Study health surveys in Nord-Trøndelag.

Alzheimer's disease & dementia

Elderly patients on dialysis have a high risk of dementia

Older kidney disease patients who are sick enough to require the blood-filtering treatment known as dialysis are at high risk of dementia, including Alzheimer's disease, according to a study led by scientists at Johns Hopkins ...

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