WASHINGTON, D.C.: Melbourne researchers believe snake venom may hold the key to destroying plaques that cause Alzheimer’s disease, offering new hope for a drug that could prevent the disease taking hold in newly-diagnosed people.

The discovery, by scientists at Monash University, uses venom from a ‘pit Read More »

CHICAGO: MedAvante, Inc., the leading global scientific clinical data services company today presented new research at the 14th International Athens/Springfield Symposium on Advances in Alzheimer Therapy. The new study is the first examination of actual clinical trial outcomes to determine the extent of error reduction Read More »

DALLAS: Once a month, 82-year-old Julie Biles visits the National Gallery of Australia (NGA) in Canberra.

But Ms Biles comes for more than art appreciation – she visits for dementia therapy.

Since 2007, the gallery has run an art program for people living with dementia. Read More »

DALLAS: Toxic buildup of a protein in the brain’s language centers may help drive a rare form of dementia that causes people to lose their ability to use language, a new study finds.

Researchers at Northwestern University in Chicago used high-tech imaging to track the Read More »