1 December 2014
Better Detection, Prevention, and Pre-Clinical Treatment: Three Effective Tools in the Fight Against Alzheimer's Disease
Detection, prevention, and preclinical treatment are three key areas that may make a difference in the battle to reduce the rapid rise of new Alzheimer’s disease cases every year. These three topics are the focus of an important new supplement in JAD.
14 November 2014
Mind before matter: do negative thoughts increase risk of Alzheimer's disease?
Researchers from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King’s College London have proposed that repetitive negative thinking, a common symptom of many psychological disorders, may increase the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease.
21 October 2014
New Research on Walnuts and the Fight Against Alzheimer's Disease
A new animal study published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease indicates that a diet including walnuts may have a beneficial effect in reducing the risk, delaying the onset, slowing the progression of, or preventing Alzheimer’s disease.
19 September 2014
People at high risk of Alzheimer's may have early visuomotor difficulties
Before there are any telltale behavioural signs of dementia, a simple test that combines thinking and movement could point to those with a heightened risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease and who are already having visuomotor difficulties, according to new research out of York University.
16 September 2014
UB researchers corroborate the neuroprotective effects of Sirtuin 1 activation on mice with Alzheimer's disease
A study coordinated by the University of Barcelona has described a mechanism that plays a key role in the evolution of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The activation of the protein Sirtuin 1 in a murine model with familial AD has neuroprotective effects.
9 September 2014
Conversion of mild cognitive impairment to dementia among subjects with diabetes: a population-based five-year follow-up study
Researchers at Tianjin Medical University announced findings that suggest Type 2 diabetes mellitus with mild cognitive impairment accelerated progression to dementia by 2.74 years.
9 September 2014
UM Study Finds Air Pollution Harmful to Young Brains
Findings by University of Montana Professor Dr. Lilian Calderón-Garcidueñas, MA, MD, Ph.D., and her team of researchers reveal that children living in megacities are at increased risk for brain inflammation and neurodegenerative changes, including Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s disease.
2 September 2014
Diabetes Mellitus and Mild Cognitive Impairment: Higher Risk in Middle Age?
In a large population-based study of randomly selected participants in Germany, researchers found that mild cognitive impairment occurred twice more often in individuals diagnosed with diabetes mellitus type 2.
25 August 2014
Marijuana compound may offer treatment for Alzheimer's disease, University of South Florida preclinical study indicates
Extremely low levels of the compound in marijuana known as delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, may slow or halt the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, a recent study from neuroscientists at the University of South Florida shows.
24 August 2014
Computerized Cognition Test Provides Better Assessment than Observation
Research published in JAD suggests healthy older adults are less capable of observing their own cognitive decline over an 18 month period than Cogstate’s computerized brief battery (CBB). The study also indicated that close family members were unable to perceive decline in the cognitive behavior of their partner in social settings.