Cases of dementia in the U.S. are expected to steadily rise in the coming years, hitting 1 million annual cases by 2060.

In a new study published in The BMJ, we and our colleagues Vishal Patel and Michael Liu, also at Harvard, set out to study rates of Alzheimer’s deaths among taxi drivers and ambulance drivers, who ...

POTOMAC, MD / ACCESSWIRE / January 8, 2025 / IGC Pharma, Inc. (NYSE American:IGC) ("IGC Pharma" or the "Company") announced today that its ongoing Phase 2 trial for agitation in Alzheimer's disease ...

Women's risk of Parkinson's is similar to men's - but they are much more likely to be misdiagnosed, with serious consequences ...

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If there is an ongoing neurodegenerative disease ... play an important role in the maintenance of cognitive function and dementia risk. For instance, in my work with Ohio Senior Olympians over ...

They have identified a vital cellular mechanism driving the most common cause of dementia. American researchers say the breakthrough marks a "promising" target for drug treatments that slow ...

Brain tumors can be surgically removed or treated with chemotherapy or radiation. There is currently no cure for degenerative diseases like Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease. Treatments are ...

In other words, sleeping pills may help some people get some shut-eye but using them as a preventative treatment to ward off Alzheimer's disease is still a hazy prospect that hangs on a now-shaky ...

Knowing all this, why aren’t we more focused on testing and treatments for potential infectious drivers of inflammatory diseases? There are three key reasons. - Medical paradigm shifts are notoriously ...

But as the year comes to a close, experts are reflecting on some of the hopeful advances in diagnosis, treatment and risk management that have been made in 2024. The Alzheimer’s Association ...

The treatment aims to stimulate the mind and improve general well-being ... rehearsed and practiced—meaning a person has thought about and retold those events many times over many decades. There is no ...