Dementia of Parkinson's Similar to Alzheimer's
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TUESDAY, Dec. 14 (HealthDayNews) -- People with Parkinson's disease and dementia experience a similar average annual decline in cognitive function as people with Alzheimer's disease do, says a Norwegian study in the December issue of the Archives of Neurology.
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NEW YORK  - Elderly people with diabetes have an increased risk of dementia, especially so-called vascular dementia, according to new data from an ongoing Swedish study.
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Elderly people with diabetes have an increased risk of dementia, especially so-called vascular dementia, according to new data from an ongoing Swedish study.
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NEW YORK  - The presence in middle age of  risk factors for cardiovascular disease, like smoking or high  cholesterol, is strongly tied to the development of dementia  later in life, investigators in California report.
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WEDNESDAY, Sept. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Older adults who complained of recurrent memory loss had brain changes that mirrored those of very early Alzheimer's -- even when standard cognitive tests came up normal, a new study reports.
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Women whose ovaries are removed before menopause may be at increased risk for dementia, a new study reports.
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New research into Parkinson&#39;s disease is helping scientists better understand some of the mechanisms of this serious and disabling brain disorder, which affects about 1 million people in the United States.
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LONDON (Agence de Presse Medicale) - Drinking tea appears  to affect the brain in a similar way as drugs prescribed for  Alzheimer's disease, UK researchers report.
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(Xagena - Neurologia ) - Su Nature Reviews - Neuroscience Ã¨ stata pubblicata una revisione di studi riguardo al coinvolgimento del ferro nella malattia di Alzheimer e di Parkinson. Luigi Zecca, Ricercatore
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The drug Exelon, prescribed to restore memory in Alzheimer's patients, may also offer some help for people who develop dementia from Parkinson's disease, researchers said on Wednesday.
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TUESDAY, Sept. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Current smokers are 50 percent more likely to develop Alzheimer&#39;s disease or dementia than people who don&#39;t smoke or who gave up smoking, a Dutch report says.
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NEW YORK  - Older adults with mild  cognitive impairment may have problems retaining a mental  picture of objects they've just seen -- a subtle memory problem  that could serve as an early indicator of Alzheimer's disease  risk, researchers reported Monday.
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A 39-year-old woman has died of a previously undiagnosed form of the brain-wasting condition variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
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Oct. 27, 2004 -- Developing a taste for black or green tea may be delay Alzheimer&#39;s disease, new research shows. A study from England&#39;s University of Newcastle upon Tyne shows that green and black teas may
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NEW YORK  - Depression and manic depression  are associated with dementia, and the more often a patient is  hospitalized for these mental illnesses the greater their risk,  Danish researchers report.
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NEW YORK  - Middle-aged people with  diabetes are nearly three times more likely to develop dementia  in old age than people without diabetes, according to a new  study.
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Marijuana-like chemicals in the brain may point to a treatment for Parkinson's disease, a report by the Stanford University School of Medicine has suggested.