Dementia

A new genetic discovery in the field of Huntington's disease (HD) could mean a more effective way in determining severity of this neurological disease when using specific treatments.  

An early study suggests that a synthetic triglyceride oil called triheptanoin may provide hope for people with Huntington's disease.  

By adjusting the levels of a key signaling protein, researchers improved motor function and brain abnormalities in experimental animals with a form of Huntington's disease, a severe...  

Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have uncovered a major contributor to Huntington's disease, a devastating progressive neurological condition that...  

The peptide - a small protein - beta-amyloid is strongly associated with Alzheimer's disease; however, researchers are still looking for unequivocal proof that this peptide is the causal agent...  

Creating induced pluripotent stem cells or iPS cells allows researchers to establish 'disease in a dish' models of conditions ranging from Alzheimer's disease to diabetes.  

Huntington's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that results in involuntary spastic movement and loss of control of voluntary motor function.  

A new survey of doctors in the Netherlands - where assisted suicide is legal - reveals around 1 in 3 would help a patient with a mental illness or dementia to die.  

The patient self-reporting version of the Healthy Aging Brain Care Monitor - a primary-care tool to measure cognitive, functional and psychological symptoms - is user-friendly, reliable and...  

South Korean researchers have just revealed details of an unusual case which offers new insights into frontotemporal dementia (FTD).  

An interesting case brings up many questions about the rights of patients with Alzheimer disease and the obligation of their physicians.  

Abstract and Introduction: A new US case of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease highlights the importance of continued global surveillance and awareness to prevent further dissemination of this disease.  

An interesting case brings up many questions about the rights of patients with Alzheimer disease and the obligation of their physicians.  

Mild cognitive impairment and dementia develop earlier in some patients with significant snoring or other sleep-disordered breathing problems, a new study suggests, while CPAP treatment may slow it.  

Depression and diabetes raise the risk for dementia. Together they post the greatest risk, particularly in individuals younger than 65 years.  

The TV ads for a new dementia drug make it look so easy. "He’s been my everything, so now I’m his." Everyone is smiling. The caregiver bestows a loving kis  

 

 

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