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Dementia study suggests how harmful proteins spread through brain
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
A recent study suggests that fresh insights into the spread of toxic proteins that collect in the brains of Alzheimer's disease patients may hold the key to slowing the disease's progression.
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Dementia study shows how harmful proteins spread through brain
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
According to a study, new insights on the spread of harmful proteins that accumulate in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease may hold the key to halting the illness's progression.
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New study investigates importance of sleep disturbance in dogs with dement
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Dogs with dementia have the same sleep disturbances as individuals with dementia. Researchers from North Carolina State University utilised electroencephalography, or EEGs, on elderly dogs to examine if brain-wave readings during sleep were associated with markers of cognitive deterioration.
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New study investigates significance of sleep disturbance in dogs with deme
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Dogs with dementia experience the same sleep interruptions as people with dementia. North Carolina State University researchers used electroencephalography, or EEGs, on senior dogs to see if brain-wave readings during sleep linked with indicators of cognitive decline. They discovered that do
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Morality risk for people with dementia rises after hurricane exposure
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Prior hurricane studies have found general increases in fatality, but nothing is known about how death may differ among older adults living with dementia.
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Mediterranean diet linked to lower risk of dementia
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
A typical Mediterranean-style diet rich in items like fish, fruit, and nuts may help reduce the risk of dementia by nearly a quarter, according to a recent study.
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Medicine linked to lower risk of dementia in people with diabetes: Study
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Diabetes patients are twice as likely as non-diabetics to develop dementia. A new study found that persons with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes who used the diabetic medicine pioglitazone were less likely to acquire dementia later in life than those who did not.
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Social isolation linked to dementia risk factors: Study
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
According to a new study published in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Kimia Shafighi of McGill University in Canada and colleagues, social lifestyle determinants, including social isolation, are associated with neurodegeneration risk factors.
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Prevalence of dementia decreasing among older Americans: Study
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
According to a new RAND Corporation study, the occurrence of dementia in the United States is decreasing among people over the age of 65, dropping 3.7 percentage points from 2000 to 2016.
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