CHICAGO: Tel Aviv University researchers have conducted groundbreaking research into the human brain finding that its neural networks preserve memories better than individual neurons. This new understanding could lead to breakthrough in treating debilitating diseases such as Alzheimer’s.

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PHOENIX: Dr Kailash Chand, deputy chairman of the British Medical Association, was speaking following research which found those who take the cholesterol-lowering drugs are more than twice as likely to develop Parkinson’s disease in later life than those who do not.

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BOSTON: People with dementia don’t wander into harms way as often as carers and family fear, with a new QUT study finding wandering out of bounds and into a person’s private space occurs only five percent of the time in residential aged care.

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PHILADELPHIA: Alzheimer’s researchers will present findings this week to show that “what’s good for the heart is good for the brain”.

They say people can cut their risk of developing dementia – as well as heart disease and diabetes – by losing weight and keeping Read More »