CHICAGO: A campaign is to start to ‘support the same rights for families and carers of dementia sufferers as parents of sick children and allow for family representatives to stay with the patients at any time of the day as dementia sufferers can struggle to Read More »

SEATTLE: Among older adults with profound hearing loss, cochlear implantation may improve cognitive function, speech perception and symptoms of depression, according to a new study.

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INDIANAPOLIS: Two groups have recently made strides with amyloid beta (aβ), the supposed main villain in Alzheimer’s disease. But while one group is tackling Alzheimer’s by reducing aβ, the other is tackling multiple sclerosis (MS) by using aβ.

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AUSTIN: Scientists believe they may have found a new weapon in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease — not in the form of a drug but in focused beams of ultrasound.

While the approach has only been tested in mice, researchers said it proved surprisingly good Read More »