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New ways to enhance memory for those with traumatic brain injury
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Texas [US], December 13 (ANI): In a novel study, researchers focus on encoding of the brain and claim new ways to enhance memory for the people suffering from traumatic brain diseases like Alzheimer.
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Study suggests new ways to enhance memory for those with traumatic brain i
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Texas [US], December 9 (ANI): Researchers from the UT Southwestern Medical Center sheds light on the encoding of the brain and claims new ways to enhance memory for the people suffering from traumatic brain diseases like Alzheimer.
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Memories create 'fingerprints' that reveal how brain is organised
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 21 (ANI): While the broad architecture and organisation of the human brain is universal, new research shows how the differences between how people reimagine common scenarios can be observed in brain activity and quantified.
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Retinas: New potential clues in diagnosing, treating Alzheimer's
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 18 (ANI): A study led by the Cedars-Sinai Department of Neurosurgery has identified certain regions in the retina - the lining found in the back of the eye - that are more affected by Alzheimer's disease than other areas.
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Actively speaking two languages protects against cognitive decline, say re
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 16 (ANI): Having command of more than one language is enriching and offers people a doorway to other cultures, according to a new study which found that using languages actively provides neurological benefits and protects against cognitive decline associated with ag
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Farhan Akhtar shares heart-touching video of performance by late ballerina
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 11 (ANI): Actor Farhan Akhtar on Wednesday shared a heart-touching clip featuring a former prima ballerina dancer Marta C Gonzalez, who suffered from Alzheimer's disease. In the clip, the ballerina after hearing music from 'Swan Lake' performs the da
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Cause of Alzheimer's disease traced to mutation in common enzyme: Study
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], October 25 (ANI): Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have discovered a new mechanism by which clumps of tau protein are created in the brain, killing brain cells and causing Alzheimer's disease.
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Study reveals community noise may affect dementia risk
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 21 (ANI): Results from new study support emerging evidence suggesting that noise may influence individuals' risk of developing dementia later in life.
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No genetic evidence that hearing loss causes Alzheimer's disease
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 14 (ANI): New QIMR Berghofer and QUT research has found there is no strong genetic evidence that hearing loss causes Alzheimer's disease, despite both conditions sharing a significant number of genetic variants.
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'Let's talk about dementia' on World Alzheimer's Day 2020
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 20 (ANI): World Alzheimer's Day is observed on September 21 every year to raise the awareness about Alzheimer's and Dementia. This day is celebrated for generating awareness and due to the seriousness of this disease, it is celebrated for the whole month in some
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Study finds older people with early, asymptomatic Alzheimer's at risk of f
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], September 19 (ANI): In older people without cognitive problems who experience a fall, the process of neurodegeneration that leads to Alzheimer's dementia already may have begun, as per the findings of a new study.
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Bill Gates Sr, father of Microsoft's co-founder, dies at 94
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 16 (ANI): Bill Gates Sr, a lawyer and father of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, died on Monday at his beach home on Hood Canal, in the Seattle area. He was 94.
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