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Gardening therapy is being prescribed by doctors

boo-gardens-harvestWASHINGTON, D.C.: Recent research carried out by Harvard University’s public health graduate school and Brigham and Women’s Hospital found that people living in an area rich in vegetation have improved physical and mental health, and 30% of the overall morality benefit from living near vegetation came Read More »

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Mobile game designed to advance early diagnosis research for dementia

app-68002_960_720 NEW YORK: Deutsche Telekom has launched a brand new mobile game to help in the fight against dementia, with just two minutes of gameplay able to provide five hours worth of essential dementia research.

The game, called Sea Hero Quest, has been designed by scientists from Read More »

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Holistic approach to mealtimes could help dementia sufferers

Indian Butter Chicken Curry LOS ANGELES: Eating together, providing social support and interaction during meals could help people with dementia avoid dehydration and malnutrition — according to new NIHR-funded research from the University of East Anglia.

Findings published reveal that while no interventions were unequivocally successful, promising approaches focused on Read More »

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Could new treatment stop Alzheimer’s disease before it starts?

brain-animation-blue-background MIAMI: What if doctors could detect and treat symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease 10 or even 20 years before a patient’s memory problems begin?

That is the auspicious goal of the Anti-Amyloid Treatment in Asymptomatic Alzheimer’s study, or the A4 study for short. The three-year clinical Read More »

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