Tag Archives: dementia
Ongoing clinical trial for anti-cancer drug found to restore brain function in Alzheimer’s disease rodent model
NEW YORK: Researchers have published the finding that a specific experimental anti-cancer drug can be used as an effective therapy for Alzheimer’s disease.
Researchers have now discovered that the drug saracatinib (AZD0530, AstraZeneca), originally developed as an anti-cancer drug, has a therapeutic effect in Alzheimer’s Read More »
Concern over palliative care levels
JACKSONVILLE: The elderly are amongst groups ‘being failed’ by the quality of palliative care.
Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups, those aged over 85 and people living in poorer areas are being failed in the quality of palliative care they receive, according to a report. Read More »
Setting Limits for Testing Brains
HOUSTON: The Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative is an effort to fast-track the development of new technology that will help scientists understand the workings of the human brain and its diseases.
But can a person with Alzheimer’s truly consent to testing that Read More »
Research claims elderly people of today are cognitively fitter and happier than in the past
PHILADELPHIA: According to a new study, 75-year-olds of today are “cognitively much fitter” than 75-year-olds were 20 years ago.
75-year-olds of today also report being more satisfied with their life.
The research, which involved scientists from numerous organizations, looked at 708 persons 60 and older. Read More »