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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 23, 2017
Neuroscience
Yet another Alzheimer’s drug being tested in clinical trials has failed, resulting in the trial being stopped. Mer
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 22, 2017
Cardiology
New research clarifies why some people seem to derive a heart-protective benefit from eating soy foods and others d
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 22, 2017
Neuroscience
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disorder that results in dementia and is caused by repeated
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 16, 2017
Neuroscience
With the incidence of various types of dementia on the rise (Alzheimer’s disease, White Matter syndrome, age relat
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 12, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Juvenile Batten disease is a progressive disease that causes neurological dysfunction, resulting in seizures, changes in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 09, 2017
Videos
Most people would associated a cancer diagnosis with a fight to survive. Many would imagine that treatments like surgery
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 07, 2017
Neuroscience
No matter where you go, there will be some particulate matter in the air you breathe. Some of it occurs naturally, like
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 01, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
A rare cluster of 14 cases of severe amnesia in Massachusetts has doctors and CDC officials worried and on the hunt for
...
JAN 30, 2017
Neuroscience
According to the National Institute on Aging, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is an irreversible, progressive, neurodegen
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 22, 2017
Videos
The journal Nature has created an animation of Alzheimer's disease at the molecular level. The Alzheimer's Association c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 17, 2017
Neuroscience
It’s in the news every day and anyone who has had a physical recently has been told by a health professional that
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 12, 2017
Neuroscience
Dementia is becoming a huge problem globally. Experts estimate that there are now almost 47 million people living with d
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 04, 2017
Neuroscience
Yet another benefit to exercise, and this time it’s long distance running. A new study from the University of Ariz
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 29, 2016
Neuroscience
Tremors that result from neurological diseases, injury or other causes can be debilitating for patients. While some pati
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 28, 2016
Neuroscience
When you can’t use the real thing, many times a model of it will do. When it’s in the lab, for biology and m
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 26, 2016
Neuroscience
Picture a scene at a crowded cocktail party, a club with live music, a sporting event or just a loud room with a lot goi
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 23, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
A Johnson & Johnson drug approved for the treatment of a handful of mood or mental disorders is coming under fire fo
...
DEC 18, 2016
Cardiology
Visiting the sauna may be helpful for more than just relaxation, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland show
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 15, 2016
Neuroscience
Thanks to specialized cells called astrocytes, neurons are protected from an excessive immune response after brain injur
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 13, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Brains are complex; studying brain function often involve simple organisms, like honeybees, which provided a finding tha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 08, 2016
Neuroscience
Patients who suffer from Amyotropic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS-Lou Gehrig’s) experience the loss of most of their musc
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 07, 2016
Health & Medicine
JUPITER, FL – December 7, 2016 – Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
NOV 28, 2016
Neuroscience
There was disappointing news recently on a drug many had hoped would provide some relief for patients suffering with Alz
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim