LOS ANGELES: This new study by researchers at UCLA found that the combination of Ritalin (methylphenidate) and Celexa (citalopram) can accelerate and improve the overall antidepressant effects of the medications in the elderly. Most patients who responded to the combination achieved remission in the first Read More »

HOUSTON: A simple test is being trialled which could revolutionize detection of Parkinson’s disease.

Research found a clear difference in molecules exhaled by people with the condition and Alzheimer’s and healthy subjects.

Full story covered in the Dementia Business Weekly.

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Dementia sufferers should be diagnosed within six weeks, said the Health Minister.

The Government said that in future, people exhibiting signs of dementia should be seen by a medical expert within six weeks.

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BOSTON: Researchers have pointed to a new culprit in the whodunnit that seeks to discover who killed the brain of people who died with Alzheimer’s disease: the heart.

The radical new theory into the cause of Alzheimer’s disease suggests that the heart, after powering the Read More »