NEW YORK: Scientists at Lawson Health Research Institute, in collaboration with Ceresensa Inc., have produced the first commercial imaging product available in the world for PET/MRI scanners. The novel PET-transparent MRI head coil provides unparalleled images to advance the study, diagnosis and treatment of a wide Read More »

MIAMI: A team of researchers have found a way to prevent the abnormal assembly of beta-amyloid plaques in patients suffering from Alzheimer’s using photosensitisers and blue LED lights. Beta-amyloid is a type of a protein which gets accumulated in the brain of the affected person. Read More »

SAN FRANCISCO: Walking slowly may be an early sign of Alzheimer’s in older people at risk of dementia, research suggests.

Scientists studied 128 people with an average age of 76 who had displayed evidence of impaired memory.

Scans showed that 48% of the group had a Read More »

DALLAS: Dreading growing old may raise your risk of Alzheimer’s, scientists have warned.

They have shown that middle-aged people who view aging as a handicap are more likely to have dementia-like changes to their brain decades later.

It is thought the stress generated by such Read More »