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Men may be able to avoid dementia by marrying intelligent women
NEW YORK: Men who marry intelligent women are less likely to develop dementia later in life, according to mental health experts.
Professor of mental health in the College of Medicine and Life Sciences at the University of Aberdeen, Lawrence Whalley, discussed this groundbreaking discovery at the Read More »
World’s biggest study to scan 100,000 people could lead to dementia cures
NEW YORK: Scientists are to scan the brains and organs of 100,000 people in a bid to shed light on a range of diseases from dementia to heart disease and cancer.
The study has the potential to unlock information on risk factors for diseases, detect the Read More »
Dementia frontrunner destigmatises condition by stressing community care
LOS ANGELES: When Masahiko Sato was diagnosed at age 51 with early-onset Alzheimer’s, he felt his life was over. A decade later, Sato has a mission: destigmatising a condition with a growing social impact in a country that leads the global aging trend.
“What I want Read More »
Excitement over New Zealand trio’s Alzheimer’s discovery
DALLAS: A ”striking” discovery by University of Otago researchers could pave the way for Alzheimer’s to be diagnosed by a simple blood test.
The researchers have discovered a promising new marker among a small number of molecules, within a larger class of molecules called microRNA. Read More »