Wednesday, 21. July 2010
Specialized brain training targeted at the regions of a rat’s brain that process sound reversed many aspects of normal, age-related cognitive decline and improved the health of the brain cells, according to a new study from researchers at University of California, San Francisco…
Wednesday, 21. July 2010
More details about how the government plans to address the problem of providing care and support for an ageing population were unveiled by Secretary of State for Health, Andrew Lansley…
Thursday, 15. July 2010
A commercial brain fitness program has been shown to improve memory in older adults, at least in the period soon after training. The findings are the first to show that practicing simple visual tasks can improve the accuracy of short-term, or “working” visual memory…
Sunday, 11. July 2010
Scientists have identified a chemical that makes new neurons grow. The substance works specifically in a part of the brain that is integral to learning and memory…
Thursday, 8. July 2010
High levels of several vitamin E components in the blood are associated with a decreased risk for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in advanced age, suggesting that vitamin E may help prevent cognitive deterioration in elderly people. This is the conclusion reached in a Swedish study published in the July 2010 issue of the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease…
Friday, 25. June 2010
Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that the drug carvedilol, currently prescribed for the treatment of hypertension, may lessen the degenerative impact of Alzheimer’s disease and promote healthy memory functions. The new findings are published in two studies in the current issues of Neurobiology of Aging and the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease…
Thursday, 10. June 2010
Alzheimer’s Society is supporting a call by national charity Counsel and Care to spend smarter to help the financial crisis. Counsel and Care want government and local councils to use social care funding more wisely to deliver better care for Britain’s ageing population…
Wednesday, 2. June 2010
The majority of Australians (58%) are worried about their brain health and the threat of age-related degenerative brain disease, according to a new survey. The national survey was commissioned by leading medical research institute Neuroscience Research Australia and polled 1000 Australians aged 18 to over 75…
Wednesday, 2. June 2010
Researchers have discovered that education not only delays the early symptoms of dementia, but can also slow down the development of the disease – a finding that could result in faster diagnosis and treatment of dementia, reveals a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden…
Monday, 24. May 2010
Alzheimer’s Society comment on the appointment of Liberal Democrat MP Paul Burstow as Minister for Care Services. Liberal Democrat MP Paul Burstow will oversee social care policy in his new role as Minister for Care Services…