People who are easily distressed and have more negative emotions are more likely to develop memory problems than more easygoing people, according to a study published in the June 12, 2007, issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
The latest worldwide estimate of Alzheimer’s disease prevalence shows that 26.6 million people were living with the disease in 2006, according to research reported today at the 2nd Alzheimer’s Association International Conference on Prevention of Dementia in Washington, DC.
Alzheimer’s disease researchers may be able to reduce the time and expense associated with clinical trials, according to early results from the Alzheimer?s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI), a public-private research partnership organized by the National Institutes of Health. Preliminary results from ADNI show how it might yield improved methods and uniform standards for imaging and biomarker analysis, so these techniques can be employed in the fight against Alzheimer?s disease.
More than 26 million people worldwide were estimated to be living with Alzheimer’s disease in 2006, according to a study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Last month, Dr. George Bartzokis, director of the UCLA Memory Disorders and Alzheimer’s Disease Clinic, suggested in the journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia that the breakdown of a type of myelin that develops late in life promotes the buildup of toxic amyloid plaques long associated with Alzheimer’s disease. Myelin is the “insulation” that wraps around nerve axons in the brain.
A new study in Annals of Internal Medicine shows that use of antipsychotic drugs is associated with an early and sustained increase in risk of death when used to treat disruptive behavior of older adults with dementia.
University of Leeds scientists have shown how stroke victims could be more vulnerable to Alzheimer’s disease ? years or even decades after making a full recovery.
Exposure to pesticides and traumatic head injury may have a causative role in Parkinson’s disease, according to a study published online ahead of print in the journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
A new report released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), examines levels of death and disability from a variety of diseases, injuries and health risks to determine the total ‘burden of disease’ in Australia.
The General Medical Council (GMC) has launched a consultation to find out how doctors and patients can best work together to make decisions about treatment.