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Training helps those with mild cognitive impairment
SAN FRANCISCO: New research from the Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas shows that strategy-based reasoning training can improve the cognitive performance for those with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a preclinical stage of those at risk for Alzheimer’s disease.
The study, in Read More »
Blood test to diagnose early Alzheimer’s produces accurate results
SAN FRANCISCO: Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine and Durin Technologies, Inc. has invented a blood test that can detect early stages of Alzheimer’s disease that is called the mild cognitive impairment (MCI) stage, with unparalleled accuracy.
A research team led by Dr. Robert Nagele conducted Read More »
Amgen’s drug for chronic migraine prevention sees positive results
PHOENIX: Amgen on Wednesday announced that Erenumab, the chronic migraine prevention drug that it has been developing in association with Novartis, has seen positive results.
Specifically, the experimental drug met the stated objective of a midstage study by decreasing the number of monthly attacks compared Read More »
Researchers studying link between Down syndrome and Alzheimer’s
PHILADELPHIA: When Ruth Russi was born with Down syndrome in 1959, her parents were told she would die before her fifth birthday. By the time Ruth turned 50, John and June Russi of Costa Mesa, Calif., began to prepare for her outliving them.
But as Read More »