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Alzheimer’s Drugs May Carry Negative Side Effects

February 26th, 2012
Alzheimers Drugs May Carry Negative Side EffectsAlzheimer’s medications currently in trial may actually act like a bad electrician, miswiring neurons and interfering with their ability to communicate with the ...

Ritalin Increases Awareness of Mistakes

February 25th, 2012
Individuals who take Ritalin are significantly more aware of their mistakes, according to research at the University of Melbourne. The study, led by Dr. Rob Hester from the Department of Psychological Sciences along with colleagues at the Queensland Brain Institute, evaluated how the ...

Mice Study Suggests Caution with Alzheimer’s Drugs

February 20th, 2012
Mice Study Suggests Caution with Alzheimers DrugsAs baby boomers become seniors, researchers are aggressively searching for medications that can reduce the detrimental effects of Alzheimer’s disease. But a new study using ...

Walking Pace, Strength in Middle Age Linked to Dementia Risk

February 17th, 2012
Walking Pace, Strength in Middle Age Linked to Dementia Risk Determining a middle-age individual’s risk for dementia may be as simple as timing walking speed and ...

Dietary Intake Linked to Memory Loss in Seniors

February 14th, 2012
Dietary Intake Linked to Memory Loss in SeniorsWe all recognize that overeating can cause weight gain, but now new research suggests excessive calorie consumption can double the risk of memory ...

New Treatment Target for Alzheimer’s

February 12th, 2012
A new link has been identified between short-term memory and a protein called beta-arrestin that could blaze a new path toward the therapeutic treatment of neurological disorders, especially Alzheimer's disease. The discovery was made by biomedical scientists at the University of California, ...

Decaffeinated Coffee May Protect Against Cognitive Decline in Diabetes

February 4th, 2012
Decaffeinated Coffee May Protect Against Cognitive Decline in DiabetesDecaffeinated coffee seems to improve brain energy metabolism in association with type 2 diabetes, according to researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Glucose utilization ...

Untangling the Mysteries of Alzheimer’s

February 3rd, 2012
Untangling the mysteries of AlzheimersA characteristic of Alzheimer’s disease is the alteration of a protein that resides in the brain. The protein, called tau, is present in normal brains and ...

Changes to Neurons Hamper the Aging Brain

February 2nd, 2012
Changes to Neurons Hamper the Aging Brain The good news is that most people in the developed world are living longer; the not-so-good news is that the brain ...

Men May Have Higher Risk of Memory Loss

January 27th, 2012
Men Have Higher Risk of Memory LossA new study suggests men may be at higher risk of developing mild cognitive impairment (MCI) than women. MCI is the stage ...
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