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Older people with early, asymptomatic Alzheimer's at risk of falls
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], September 15 (ANI): Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that, in older people without cognitive problems who experience a fall, the process of neurodegeneration that leads to Alzheimer's dementia already may have begun.
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Here's how calorie reduction can help you achieve a longer lifespan
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 13 (ANI): While the reduction of calories is linked with a host of health benefits, a recent has highlighted a range of benefits that includes a longer lifespan to a much lower chance of developing cancer, heart disease, diabetes and neurodegenerative conditions su
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Study links calorie restriction, body temperature, healthspan
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 9 (ANI): Cutting calories significantly may not be an easy task for many, but it is tied to a host of health benefits ranging from longer lifespan to a much lower chance of developing cancer, heart disease, diabetes and neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheime
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Sleeping patterns of a person may help predict when will Alzheimer's disea
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 6 (ANI): By observing one's sleeping patterns, neuroscientists, to some extent can estimate a time frame for when Alzheimer's is most likely to strike in a person's lifetime, according to a recent study.
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How we sleep today may forecast when Alzheimer's disease begins
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 4 (ANI): Neuroscientists have found a way to estimate, with some degree of accuracy, a time frame for when Alzheimer's is most likely to strike in a person's lifetime, based on their sleep patterns. Their findings suggest one defence against this virulent form of d
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Brain protein linked to seizures, abnormal social behaviours, finds study
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], Sept 1 (ANI): A team led by a biomedical scientist at the University of California, Riverside has found a new mechanism responsible for the abnormal development of neuronal connections in the mouse brain that leads to seizures and abnormal social behaviours.
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Researchers provide insights into new form of dementia
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], Aug 24 (ANI): Working with their colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania, researchers at the University of Kentucky have found that they can differentiate between subtypes of dementia inducing brain disease.
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Study focuses on genes that help cancer cells to penetrate brain
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Aug 16 (ANI): An international team of researchers reviewed scientific articles on proteins (and genes encoding them) that help cancer cells enter the brain. The study, that tried to understand the processes that facilitate the formation of metastases in the brain, was publi
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Study reveals body weight has surprising, alarming impact on brain functio
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 7 (ANI): As a person's weight goes up, all regions of the brain go down in activity and blood flow, according to a new brain imaging study.
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Renegade protein interrupts brain cell function in Alzheimer's disease, st
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], August 2 (ANI): Dozens of molecules may tangle up with rogue bundles of tau, a protein that normally gives nerve fiber structure to cause brain cell damage that contributes to neurodegenerative diseases, according to a recent study.
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Here's how renegade protein interrupts brain cell function in Alzheimer's
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 1 (ANI): According to a recent study, dozens of molecules may tangle up with rogue bundles of tau, a protein that normally gives nerve fibres structure to cause brain cell damage that contributes to neurodegenerative diseases.
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Study reveals how renegade protein interrupts brain cell function in Alzhe
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 28 (ANI): A new study has shown that dozens of molecules may tangle up with rogue bundles of tau, a protein that normally gives nerve fibres structure to cause brain cell damage that contributes to neurodegenerative diseases.
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