MPs Highlight Abuse Of Human Rights Of People With Dementia, UK
An influential group of MPs is calling on the Government to stop the dangerous over-prescribing of antipsychotic drugs to people with dementia. Up to 105, 000 people with dementia are given the drugs inappropriately, according to expert predictions in the new All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Dementia report, 'Always A Last Resort', published recently.
Memory Problems In Older People Affects Men More Than Women
Scientists in the US have discovered that mild cognitive impairment, as characterized by problems with memory and thinking and known to be a transition stage before dementia, appears to affect older men more than it does older women.
Study Suggests Gammagard Liquid May Target The Primary Pathway Involved In Alzheimer's Disease
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Results From Largest Statin Study Of Patients With Alzheimer's Disease Show Lipitor R Has No Significant Impact On Disease
In a study in patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease (AD), the addition of Lipitor (atorvastatin calcium tablets) 80 mg to Aricept (donepezil HCl) 10 mg showed no significant differences in cognition or global function (key measures of Alzheimer's progression) compared to placebo plus Aricept 10 mg.
Medivation's Dimebon TM Significantly Improved Thinking And Memory In Alzheimer's Disease Patients Over One Year
Medivation, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDVN) has announced that Alzheimer's patients treated with the investigational drug Dimebon™ showed improvement in the key aspects of cognitive function over a one-year period compared with placebo. The improvement occurred in not only memory and language, but also in more complex functions such as awareness of time and place, and praxis - the process of getting an idea and initiating and completing a new motor task.
Anesthesia, Alzheimer's And Low Oxygen
In studies of human brain cells, the widely-used anesthetic desflurane does not contribute to increased production of amyloid-beta protein; however, when combined with low oxygen conditions, it can produce more of this Alzheimer's associated protein.
Mayo Clinic Study Identifies Potential Causes Of Young Onset Dementia
A new Mayo Clinic study found that young-onset dementia often is caused by neurodegenerative or autoimmune/inflammatory conditions, but only rarely by Alzheimer's disease. This differs substantially from the common causes of dementia in older individuals (Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative dementias).
How Big Is Your Brain? Its Size May Protect You From Memory Loss
From autopsies, researchers have long known that some people die with sharp minds and perfect memories, but their brains riddled with the plaques and tangles of Alzheimer's disease. New research shows that those people have a larger part of the brain called the hippocampus.
Alzheimer's Study Links Brain Size to Mental Decline
Scientists in the US discovered that elderly people who had no mental decline had larger brains than Alzheimer's patients, even though their brain tissue showed signs normally associated with the disease.The discovery is being presented this week at the American Academy of Neurology meeting in Chicago, by researchers from the Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) in Portland.
Cognition In Alzheimer's Disease May Be Improved By Chinese Club Moss Extract
Existing evidence suggests that patients with Alzheimer's disease who have taken Huperzine A have improved general cognitive function, global clinical status, functional performance and reduced behavioural disturbance compared to patients taking placebos.