Aging is a biological process that no one can avoid. Ideally, aging should be a time to relax and enjoy the fruits of your labor. Aging also has a dark side, but it is often linked to disease. Every second, your cells perform billions of biochemical reactions that fuel the functions essential to life, creating… Read More »
WASHINGTON (AP) — New blood tests could help doctors diagnose Alzheimer’s disease faster and more accurately, but some appear to work much better than others, researchers reported Sunday. It’s hard to tell if memory problems are caused by Alzheimer’s. That requires a hard-to-obtain brain scan or an uncomfortable spinal tap to confirm the buildup of… Read More »
A diet that promotes plant-based protein to help the environment now has a more humane argument: It can reduce your risk of dying from many major diseases. “This wasn’t just a cause of death. It was across the board,” said Walter Willett, professor of epidemiology and nutrition at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public… Read More »
WASHINGTON (AP) – Researchers have identified for the first time a genetic form of late-life Alzheimer’s disease in people who inherit two copies of a worrisome gene. Scientists have long known that a gene called APOE4 is one of many things that can increase people’s risk of Alzheimer’s, including aging. The majority of Alzheimer’s cases… Read More »
Alzheimer’s disease may be inherited more often than previously known, according to a new study that paints a clearer picture of a gene long known to be linked to the common form of dementia. It may even be considered a different, inherited form of the disease, and different approaches to testing and treatment may be… Read More »
WASHINGTON (AP) – Researchers have identified for the first time a genetic form of late-life Alzheimer’s disease in people who inherit two copies of a worrisome gene. Scientists have long known that a gene called APOE4 is one of many things that can increase people’s risk of Alzheimer’s, including aging. The majority of Alzheimer’s cases… Read More »
A young Lorraine and Hugh in Timaru, New Zealand, in 1972 My beloved wife Lorraine can no longer walk or talk and is doubly incontinent. She is currently living in a hospital bed in our front room in Surrey. The woman I loved is still there, even though Alzheimer’s disease has taken so much from… Read More »
To many other researchers, creating a map of the 86 billion neurons, or nerve cells, that make up the brain would be considered a nearly insurmountable project. But researchers at the Allen Institute are pursuing the task, saying it will lay the foundation for a better understanding of how the brain works in its current… Read More »
A UCL study found five children treated with growth hormone injections developed early-onset Alzheimer’s – Getty The story was one of the biggest medical scandals of the second half of the 20th century. Two decades ago, neurologists first reported that 80 of an estimated 1,848 children treated with human growth hormone injections to prevent short… Read More »