Elderly people who are experiencing memory lapses are more likely to be diagnosed with dementia later on, according to new research. It suggests those with memory complaints are three times more likely to develop mild cognitive impairment within nine years; within 12 years, 80 percent had full-blown dementia. Study author Richard Kryscio, associate director of …
According to a new study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Waisman Center, the protein commonly associated with Alzheimer’s disease, amyloid-β, and its impact on memory may not be as clear as previously thought. Lead study author Sigan Hartley, UW-Madison assistant professor of human development and family studies, and Brad Christian, UW-Madison associate professor of medical …
A new study may offer an explanation as to why some people with a build- up of beta-amyloid deposits, the destructive protein associated with Alzheimer’s disease, never develop dementia. The study’s principal investigator Dr. William Jagust, from the University of California, Berkeley’s Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, said, “This study provides evidence that there is plasticity …
A new study finds that people with blood type AB, about 4% of the population, may have an increased risk for memory problems as they age. Over a three year study, those with blood type AB were almost twice as likely to experience memory problems as those with type O blood. Those with blood type …
Researchers from the University of Warwick in the UK have conducted a study which suggests the absence of a protein, called the MK2/3 protein, is associated with the early signs of dementia. The MK2/3 protein regulates the shape of spines in postsynaptic neurons, which is how information in the brain is transferred. Those neurons lacking …
Accounting for 10 to 15 percent of dementia cases, the rare frontotemporal dementia is similar to Alzheimer’s disease but attacks much earlier and can cause alarming behaviors. Patients typically forget the names of objects, say inappropriate things, and lose the capacity for empathy. Neuroscientists at the University of California, San Francisco, have found that before …
A common symptom in older adults, motoric cognitive risk syndrome (MCR) is a newly developed diagnosis characterized by cognitive symptoms and slow gait in patients without dementia, is now an early risk factor for cognitive decline, a new study has found. The researchers found that 9.7% of older adults around the world had MCR, with …
New research suggests that veterans who have experienced a traumatic brain injury are at an increased risk for developing dementia. Researchers found they were 60 percent more likely to be diagnosed with dementia before someone without a brain injury. However, the study was able to prove an association but not a cause-and-effect relationship. …
A new body of research, put out by the National Institutes of Health, shifts the focus of Alzheimer’s treatment away from amyloid beta and tau proteins in the brain and highlights the biological actors: glucose and insulin. It is suggested that by lowering a person’s blood sugar could help ward off the symptoms of dementia. …
Negative thinking may be hurting your health. A new study has suggested that highly cynical people have an increased risk of developing dementia. Anna-Maija Tolppanen, one of the study’s authors and Professor at the University of Eastern Finland, said, “There have been previous studies that showed that people who were cynical were more likely to …
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