Alzheimer’s News

Probing Early Cognitive Problems On the Road to Alzheimer’s

December 30th, 2012
Probing Early Cognitive Problems On the Road to Alzheimer's  A new study suggests that people who eventually develop Alzheimer's disease may have problems early on in processing some information. While clinicians have observed ...

MRI Can Screen for Alzheimer’s

December 22nd, 2012
MRI Can Screen for Alzheimer's  When trying to determine the root cause of a person's dementia, using an MRI can effectively screen patients for Alzheimer's disease or Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration ...

Discrimination Ups Risk-Taking, Anger, Vigilance

December 20th, 2012
Discrimination Ups Risk-Taking, Anger, VigilanceNew research shows that when people experience discrimination, they respond with a pattern of thoughts, behaviors, and physiological responses that may adversely affect their ...

Mice Study Suggests Chronic Inflammation Triggers Alzheimer’s

December 20th, 2012
Mice Study Suggests Chronic Inflammation Triggers Alzheimer's With the growing numbers of older adults, many scientists are fearful that an epidemic of Alzheimer’s will accompany societies graying. In preparation for ...

Combining Clinical Tests Improves Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s

December 12th, 2012
Combining Clinical Tests Improves Diagnosis of Alzheimers  New research suggests a combination of imaging and biomarker tests can help predict the probability of Alzheimer’s disease among ...

Feeling Lonely Linked to Increased Risk of Dementia

December 11th, 2012
Feeling Lonely Linked to Increased Risk of Dementia  A new study links feeling lonely to an increased risk of developing dementia later in life. Noting the aging ...

New Fast-Acting Antidepressant, GLYX-13, Shows Promise in Clinical Trials

December 11th, 2012
New Fast-Acting Antidepressant Shows Promise in Clinical TrialsA new antidepressant medication has been found to provide fast-acting relief for individuals who failed to benefit from other antidepressant ...

Vitamin D Linked to Women’s Cognitive Performance

December 2nd, 2012
Vitamin D Linked to Women's Cognitive Performance  New research shows that vitamin D may be a vital component for the cognitive health of women as they age. Higher vitamin D dietary intake is associated ...

Active Lifestyle Conserves Gray Matter, May Ward Off Alzheimer’s

December 1st, 2012
Active Lifestyle Conserves Gray Matter, May Ward Off Alzheimer'sA new study reveals that an active lifestyle helps conserve gray matter in the brains of older adults and may lessen symptoms of dementia and ...

Reading, Writing, Playing Games Help Aging Brains Stay Healthy in Seniors

November 25th, 2012
Reading, Writing, Playing Games Help Aging Brains Stay Healthy in SeniorsReading the newspaper, writing letters, visiting a library, attending a play or playing games such as chess or checkers, are all activities ...