Newly discovered biomarkers may lead to promising diagnostic tool for Alzheimer’s Diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease and determining a patient’s prognosis is an inexact business, and that stands in the way of better personalized care and advances in treatment. A new study has identified a potential new way of confirming the disease and predicting a patient’s outlook. …
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Artificial light from digital devices lessens sleep quality Blue light emitted from digital devices could contribute to the high prevalence of reported sleep dysfunction, suggests new research. Artificial light from digital devices lessens sleep quality Source: Science Daily Mind & Brain
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A changing society: 100 is the new 80 When it comes to aging successfully and remaining in good health, are centenarians the perfect role models? Researchers have been studying illness trajectories in centenarians during the final years of their lives. According to their findings, people who died aged 100 or older suffered fewer diseases…
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Experts: One in three cases of dementia preventable A new report identifies powerful tools to prevent dementia and touts the benefits of nonmedical interventions for people with dementia. Experts: One in three cases of dementia preventable Source: Science Daily Healthy Aging
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Sleep disorders may increase cognitive problems particularly in those at risk for Alzheimer’s People who carry a genetic susceptibility to Alzheimer’s disease appear to be at greater risk of diminished cognition from sleep-disordered breathing than those without the susceptibility, according to new research. Sleep disorders may increase cognitive problems particularly in those at risk for…
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Is mental health associated with perception of nasal function? A study of preoperative patients for rhinoplasty suggests poor mental well-being and low self-esteem were associated with poorer perceptions of nasal function, according to a new study. Is mental health associated with perception of nasal function? Source: Science Daily Mind & Brain
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Gene variant increases risk for depression, study finds A gene variant, thought to be carried by nearly 25 percent of the population, increases the odds of developing depression, finds a new study. People with apolipoprotein-E4, called ApoE4 for short, have a 20 percent greater chance of developing clinically significant depressive symptoms later in life compared…
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New discovery in motor neuron disease and dementia could pave the way to novel treatments A new discovery could help slow down the progression of neurodegenerative diseases such as motor neuron disease (MND), dementia and neurological decline associated with aging. New discovery in motor neuron disease and dementia could pave the way to novel treatments …
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Steering an enzyme’s ‘scissors’ shows potential for stopping Alzheimer’s disease Scientists find that changing where an enzyme cuts amyloid beta precursor protein can determine whether Alzheimer’s disease develops. Steering an enzyme’s ‘scissors’ shows potential for stopping Alzheimer’s disease Source: Science Daily Healthy Aging
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Blood test identifies key Alzheimer’s marker Measures of amyloid beta in the blood have the potential to help identify people with altered levels of amyloid in their brains or cerebrospinal fluid, new research shows. Currently, the only way to detect amyloid beta in the brain is via PET scanning, which is expensive and not widely…
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