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Dementia
Dementia isn't a specific disease. Instead, dementia describes a group of symptoms affecting memory, thinking and social abilities severely enough to interfere with daily functioning. Though dementia generally involves memory loss, memory loss has different causes. So memory loss alone doesn't mean you have dementia. Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of a progressive dementia in older adults, but there are a number of causes of dementia. Depending on the cause, some dementia symptoms can be reversed.
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FEB 26, 2020Neuroscience
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FEB 26, 2020
Neuroscience
Video: Further explaination of microglia and their various functions. Traumatic Brain Injuries are physical
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
FEB 26, 2020
Neuroscience
Alzheimer’s disease is a form of dementia in which amyloid-beta protein builds up in the brain, killing off surrou
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
FEB 18, 2020
Neuroscience
Since 2000, the prevalence of Alzheimer’s has increased by almost 90%. With an estimated 5.8 million Americans suf
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
FEB 17, 2020
Neuroscience
Although knowing two languages may be able to delay the onset of Alzheimer’s, researchers from Canada’s York
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
FEB 09, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
While chronic inflammation is a natural result of getting old, experiencing stress, and toxin exposure, it's been theori
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 07, 2020
Neuroscience
New research has found that flavonols, a large class of compounds present in many fruits and vegetables, may be linked t
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JAN 20, 2020
Neuroscience
Around 21,000 people in the US are diagnosed with ovarian cancer every year, while an estimated 5.8 million Americans ha
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JAN 14, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
A class of antibiotics, known as the ‘aminoglycosides’ may serve as a promising treatment for frontotemporal
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JAN 13, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Currently Alzheimer’s disease is thought to affect around 50 million people around the world, with this figure dou
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JAN 05, 2020
Neuroscience
A study from the University of Tokyo identified a specific gene responsible for memory retrieval in mice. The stu
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
DEC 30, 2019
Neuroscience
It’s commonly thought that excessive build-up of amyloid plaques, destroying the connections between nerve cells,
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 30, 2019
Neuroscience
Engaging in two or more mentally stimulating activities- including reading books, using a computer and engaging in socia
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 29, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Parkinson’s Disease (PD) alters nerve cells in the brain that produce the neurotransmitter dopamine. Famously rega
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
DEC 23, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an atypical antipsychotic Caplyta (lumateperone; Intra-Cellular T
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
DEC 23, 2019
Technology
Artificial intelligence has always been a hot topic of discussion in the medical sciences with a whirlwind of applicatio
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
DEC 22, 2019
Neuroscience
A new study on over 1 milion women in the UK has found that women who are obese during their 50’s are at a higher
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 20, 2019
Neuroscience
Around 44 million people around the world have Alzheimer’s disease, a progressive form of dementia that leads to m
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 08, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Pimavanserin, also known as Nuplazid, was approved in the US to treat Parkinson’s-related psychosis in 2016. Now,
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 10, 2019
Neuroscience
For over two decades, researchers have been studying an extended family of over 1,200 people from Columbia known for hav
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 10, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have found that a drug called rapamycin can help restore blood flow to the brain that is lost during aging.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 08, 2019
Neuroscience
It has been almost two decades since the last drug for Alzheimer’s was approved. Now, Chinese reglators have grant
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 04, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
A variation in genetics for an individual at high-risk for Alzheimer development has defied the odds for being dementia-
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
OCT 28, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
People that don't carry functional copies of these proteins are more likely to get diseases that arise from unstable DNA
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 28, 2019
Neuroscience
An estimated 5.8 million people living in the US have Alzheimer’s disease. Currently, no cure is available and any
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon