Dementia symptoms include four signs with memory loss that isn't just 'normal ageing'
Dementia is a syndrome, or a group of associated symptoms, linked to the progressive decline of the brain. Predominantly affecting individuals over 65, dementia can induce memory impairment, ...
Amneal Pharmaceuticals Gets FDA Approval for Alzheimer's Treatment and Brain Tumor Drug
Amneal Pharmaceuticals has received approval from the Food and Drug Administration for a dementia treatment and a drug targeting certain types of brain tumors, as well as tentative approval for a drug ...
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Q&A: What Can You Do To Lower Your Dementia Risk?
A. There is definitely an association between hearing loss and dementia. People should be evaluated for hearing loss. And if ...
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Can antibiotics, vaccines, and antivirals help lower dementia risk?
Anti-inflammatory drugs like ibuprofen, along with antibiotics, antiviral medications, and vaccines are associated with a ...
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In our 2024 Spring Raffle, £51,815 was raised from ticket sales – 12.26% being spent on prizes, 39.00% on the expenses of running the raffle and 48.75% going on to fund the work of Alzheimer’s ...
15 science-based ways to reduce your risk of dementia
From diet and exercise to protecting against hearing loss and maintaining social connections, there are ways to improve our ...
‘Repurposing’ current drugs to tackle dementia an ‘urgent priority’ – experts
Repurposing’ current drugs to tackle dementia an ‘urgent priority’ – experts - Researchers set out to look for current drugs ...
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Dementia: Risk factors and prevention
There are two kinds of risk factors for dementia: non-modifiable and modifiable. Non-modifiable risk factors are ones that cannot be changed or eliminated, like aging, family history and genetics.
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New dementia tool predicts when symptoms will start: ‘Would you want to know?’
Nearly 7 million Americans have been diagnosed with dementia, which slowly erodes memory, thinking skills and the ability to perform basic tasks. There is no cure for dementia or Alzheimer’s ...
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Unclear link between common drugs and dementia
From Care and cure magazine spring 2015, find out about a possible link between dementia and sleep aids ... though it is unclear whether there are long-term effects.
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Effect of dementia on young people
From Care and cure magazine - Autumn 2015, find out about research into the effect of dementia on young people ... My grandfather had lots of medicines he had to take, there were lots of hospital ...
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Testing for dementia by asking patients to draw a clock, walk and talk, stand on one leg
This is the 53rd instalment in a series on dementia, including the research into its causes and treatment, advice for carers, and stories of hope. I watched my mother draw a clock while she was in ...