NEW YORK: A “western” diet rich in meat and high-fat dairy puts people at a greater risk of Alzheimer’s, researchers claim.

The stark warning comes from scientists who have also discovered that a more “Mediterranean” diet – of fruit, vegetables, grains, low-fat dairy products, legumes and Read More »

BONN: A new study, based on longitudinal data from the German Study on Aging, Cognition and Dementia in Primary Care Patients (AgeCoDe), suggests that temporal stability versus instability of an individual’s report of subjective worsening of cognition over time plays an important role with regard Read More »

CHICAGO: Long-term treatment with antibiotics could help decrease levels of amyloid plaques, a telltale sign of Alzheimer’s disease, according to recent study results.

Researchers from the University of Chicago gave mice high doses of broad-spectrum antibiotics over a course of five to six months…

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NEW YORK: Tiny magnetic particles produced by car engines and brakes can travel into the human brain and may trigger Alzheimer’s disease, scientists have warned.

Researchers at Lancaster, Oxford and Manchester Universities discovered microscopic spheres of the mineral magnetite in the brains of 37 people in Read More »