Alzheimers Disease

Oceanic dolphins found to show signs of Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer’s disease, a devastating neuro-degenerative condition in humans that causes dementia, affects more than 30 million people worldwide and remains an illness for which there is no cure

World Alzheimer's Day: From causes to cures, five things to know about the illness

Alzheimer's disease affects more than 30 million people worldwide and remains an illness for which there is no cure. It has also afflicted personalities such as late US president Ronald Reagan and British fantasy author Terry Pratchett

World Alzheimer's Day: From causes to symptoms, all you need to know about the disease

World Alzheimer's Day is observed on 21 September to create awareness about the disease, which currently has no cure

Earlier Alzheimer's is diagnosed, better the chance of the medicines working says health expert

A promising avenue for early diagnosis is detecting biomarkers — biological signatures of lesions caused by the illness.

World Alzheimer's Day 2021: History, significance and all you need to know about disease

It is a neurodegenerative disease that deteriorates memory and cognitive abilities. It also creates difficulty in problem-solving and multitasking

Turn back time? Study hints at cause, possible solution to halt decline due to ageing, Alzheimer's

Research published in the journal Nature pinpoints the role of a messenger hormone called prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), found in much higher levels in older people and mice than their younger counterparts

Daily intake of cheese, wine linked to decrease in risk of age-related cognitive decline, reveals study

The dietary intakes of the participants of this study, however, were self-reported and not clinically supervised or controlled

Gamechanger: Blood test can predict if patients will develop Alzheimer's disease in the future

The model had an 88 percent success rate in predicting the onset of Alzheimer's in the same patients over the course of four years.

Dementia and cognitive impairment may increase risk of severe COVID-19, reveals study

The study conducted on over 50,000 people in the UK found that the most significant and consistent risk factors of COVID-19 included dementia and cognitive disorders. This risk was only seen in individuals older than 70 years of age

Exposure of young population to air pollution may increase risks of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, other neurodegenerative diseases

Fine particulate air pollution usually shoots up during the winter months, especially in parts of North India, due to crop burning and excessive bursting of firecrackers.