BOSTON: Researchers found that processing speed is the primary limiting factor associated with activity and participation in everyday life among people with multiple sclerosis (MS).

“Factors that moderate activity limitation and participation restriction in people with multiple sclerosis” is the first MS study of cognition Read More »

PHOENIX: A stay in hospital can be difficult and upsetting for elderly patients who have to leave their beloved pets with family or friends.

But a new intiative is seeing dementia patients being given realistic “fake” puppies to keep them company during their stay.

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PHOENIX: In older, community-dwelling, dementia-free adults, evening and morning cortisol levels may be differentially associated with volume reductions in grey and white matter and cognitive functioning, according to a population-based study.

All regional brain volumes, with the exception of the striatum, were significantly smaller in Read More »

LOS ANGELES: Research has confirmed that the incidence of dementia in remote Aboriginal communities is the highest in the world, with head injuries and age the greatest contributing factors.

Researchers revisited a target group of Aboriginal people originally tested ten years ago, to review the clinical Read More »