PHILADELPHIA: Playing three dimensional video games may protect against the dulling of memory that comes with age, a study has found.

Scientists believe 3D gaming could provide a novel treatment for people affected by age-related memory loss or dementia.

Student volunteers playing the game Super Read More »

CHICAGO: Men undergoing testosterone-lowering therapy for prostate cancer are twice as likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease, a new study revealed.

Androgens are male hormones that play a key role in stimulating prostate cell growth.

And as a result, therapies that suppress androgen activity are a Read More »

BOSTON: Next time you’re stuck behind a slow-moving older person and find yourself entertaining negative stereotypes about aging, consider this: A new study finds that people who were inclined to believe that older people were slower, unhappier and less sharp than the rest of us Read More »

LOS ANGELES: Scientists have discovered a chemical that destroys toxic plaques which build up in the brain in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease.

Preliminary tests found that when added to drinking water, the compound cleared amyloid beta plaques from the brains of mice with Alzheimer’s-like Read More »