A new process involving lab mice has found that the onset of dementia can be prevented even if the mice have the Alzheimer’s disease gene present. The process involves a newly developed protein being introduced into the brain of mice. It … [Read more...]
Blood Test for Alzheimer’s?
In the past, testing for Alzheimer’s disease has been a difficult and drawn out process. There is a new process of detection under development, though, and it involves blood testing. This has never been successfully done before, and … [Read more...]
Potential New Test for Detecting Alzheimer’s
Researchers from UCLA have discovered a new way of measuring the stiffness of arteries within the brain and surrounding area that may lead to better detection of Alzheimer’s disease and help with stroke prevention. This procedure is … [Read more...]
New Diabetes Research Influences In-Home Care
The link between Alzheimer’s disease and diabetes has been known for quite a while. Some people even refer to Alzheimer’s as “Type 3 diabetes” just because the two share so many similar traits. Recent research has been using knowledge of … [Read more...]
Study Shows Promise for Alzheimer’s Fight
A drug that targets endothelin B receptors has been shown to help reduce memory loss and reduce oxidative stress when administered through an IV to Alzheimer’s disease patients. This is a big step forward in the treatment of this disease, … [Read more...]
New Method of Dementia Care Discovered
Brain cell death is associated with severe memory loss. This happens with stroke victims and Alzheimer’s patients, especially. Studies have shown us that active brain cells help to prevent this memory impairment from happening in some … [Read more...]
Sleep, Exercise, and Senior Health
Science has pointed to the fact that exercise can help to stave off Alzheimer’s disease for a number of years now, but evidence keeps coming in. With a new study, not only was it found that this was true, but it also indicated that a lack … [Read more...]
New Dementia Screening Tool
Dementia is a very difficult illness to figure out. Even a highly trained clinical scientist can have trouble diagnosing the disease, and the process usually takes four to five hours once tests begin before a decision can be made. This is … [Read more...]
Care is Preferred Over Cure
In 2014, more than $100 million in federal money was spent researching Alzheimer’s disease in an attempt to find a cure. However, surveys indicate that the majority of both dementia patients and the professional caregivers that care for … [Read more...]
Therapy Helps Dementia Patients
Treating dementia is difficult, especially because many forms of it, such as Alzheimer's disease, are incurable. Recent studies suggest, though, that psychotherapy can assist with communication skills. This is by no means a cure, but it is … [Read more...]
Communication Methods and Alzheimer’s
A new study on Alzheimer’s disease has taken a look at how the spouses of those affected by the disease cope when it comes to caregiving for their loved one. It only stands to reason that when a husband or a wife is cognitively impaired … [Read more...]
Dementia Care Night Camps
There is a project currently being tried out in New York City that helps with the treatment of dementia patients overnight. It’s been given the label of a “night camp,” and here, those older folks with dementia of some sort are supervised … [Read more...]