BOSTON: In her very first research project at Dublin’s Trinity College, Dr Irish discovered soothing, familiar music such as Vivaldi’s Four Seasons is helpful in rehabilitating memory in patients with Alzheimer’s disease.

Since then she has explored memory structures in the brain and has demonstrated Read More »

CHICAGO: A compound found in some red wines and dark chocolate could be used to help to slow the onset of dementia, research has suggested.

The largest long term clinical study of resveratrol, in 119 people with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease, found that a Read More »

DALLAS: Research has identified the first new human prion disease in 50 years. The paper’s lead author says this new disease is also potentially infectious.

Prion diseases are a rare class of brain disorders that are transmissible between animals of any species, including humans. The Read More »

MIAMI: Kimberly Spletter’s knee would pop backward involuntarily, or her leg would shake uncontrollably. Sometimes she’d cross her legs tightly, trying to make it all stop — to no avail.

“I had to live with it,” said the 50-year-old Frederick woman, who suffers from Parkinson’s Read More »