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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[Health India]: Washington, Nov 21: A new research conducted by researchers at The Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) suggest that there are clear differences in brain function between healthy people who carry a genetic risk factor for Alzheimer&#39;s
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TUESDAY, Nov. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Alzheimer's disease may progress faster in patients with high blood pressure or a type of irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation, a new study found.
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NEW YORK  - Giving mice with   Alzheimer's-like disease the equivalent of a couple of glasses   of red wine daily slows memory loss and brain cell death, a new   study shows.
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A new study shows that elderly men who walk less than a quarter-mile per day are almost twice as likely to develop dementia as those who walk 2 miles a day.
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Of all the senses, Alzheimer&#39;s and dementia patients first lose the sense of smell, and some American scientists recently found 10 specific smells that people lose first.
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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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WEDNESDAY, July 11 (HealthDay News) -- Factors such as gender, age and overall health may help predict which people with early Parkinson&#39;s disease will experience hallucinations, sleepiness or swelling, a new study says.
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WEDNESDAY, Dec. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Cats can develop a feline form of Alzheimer's disease, say U.K. and U.S. researchers who identified a protein that can build up in brain nerve cells and cause mental deterioration.
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Scientists have identified a group of proteins that together indicate a person has Alzheimer's disease in what may be a big step toward an accurate test for the devastating brain ailment.
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THURSDAY, Nov. 4 (HealthDayNews) -- A study of Parkinson's disease patients has led to new insights into how the brain responds to &quot;carrot and stick&quot; learning approaches.
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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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The drug Exelon, prescribed to restore memory in Alzheimer&#39;s patients, may also offer some help for people who develop dementia from Parkinson&#39;s disease (news - web sites), researchers said on Wednesday.
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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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A spectrum of heart-stressing symptoms  called metabolic syndrome raises the risk of dementia,  researchers said on Tuesday.
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Dopamine is the mainstay of treatment for people with Parkinson&#39;s disease, but it comes with a down side. Dopamine-based therapy impairs the brain&#39;s ability to respond
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SAN DIEGO, Oct. 24 - In an animal model of Parkinson&#39;s, exercise prevents degeneration of nerve cells that are normally impaired or destroyed by the disease, according to University of Pittsburgh researchers.