DALLAS: The Alzheimer’s gene, which seriously raises the risk of developing dementia, is already affecting carriers by the age of three, shrinking their brains and lowering cognition, a study suggests.

Children who carry the APOEe4 gene mutation, which raises the chance of dementia 15-fold, were Read More »

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Douglas Hines started out with what sounded like a nice idea.

In the early 2000s, the former Bell Labs engineer was busy caring for his elderly father and building his own technology business. That’s when he first came up with the idea for a Read More »

WASHINGTON, D.C.: New research is investigating the experience of people with dementia under a consumer directed aged care model.

In particular, the large scale study to be conducted by Griffith University PhD candidate Tracee Cash will explore the barriers and facilitators to taking up a CDC Read More »

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The ability to remember details, such as the location of objects, inevitably starts to decline in early midlife, the 40s. But it may be the result of a change in what information the brain focuses on during memory formation and retrieval, instead of a Read More »