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Mayo Clinic Finds Mild Cognitive Impairment is Common, Affects Men Most
Researchers involved in the Mayo Clinic Study of Aging reported today that more than 6 percent of Americans age 70 to 89 develop mild cognitive impairment (MCI) every year. Also, the condition appears to affect men and those who only have a high school...
A Decade of Research Proves PET Effectively Detects Dementia
In a new review of imaging studies spanning more than ten years, scientists find that a method of positron emission tomography (PET) safely and accurately detects dementia, including the most common and devastating form among the elderly, Alzheimer’s...
Study Finds Another Potential Risk Factor for Developing Dementia And Alzheimer’s Disease in Women
A hormone derived from visceral fat called adiponectin may play a role as a risk factor for development of all-cause dementia and Alzheimer disease (AD) in women, according to a study published Online First by the Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives...
Imaging Technique IDs Plaques, Tangles in Brains of Severely Depressed Older Adults
Depression is one of the most common mental disorders in the elderly, but little is known about the underlying biology of its development in older adults. In a small study published in the November issue of the peer-reviewed journal Archives of General...
Six Out of Ten People with Dementia in England Go Undiagnosed
Six out of ten people with dementia in England go undiagnosed. This means almost 400,000 people could be going without the vital support the NHS and social care services can offer.
Alzheimer’s Disease Symptoms More Subtle in People Over 80
A new study suggests that the relationship between brain shrinkage and memory loss in Alzheimer’s disease changes across the age spectrum. The research is published in the August 10, 2011, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American...
Hospice Improves Care for Dementia Patients And Their Families
Hospice services substantially improved the provision of care and support for nursing home patients dying of dementia and their families, according to an analysis of survey responses from hundreds of bereaved family members. The research comes as hospice...
Inherited Alzheimer’s Detectable 20 Years Before Dementia
Inherited forms of Alzheimer’s disease may be detectable as many as 20 years before problems with memory and thinking develop, scientists reported July 20, 2011, at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference on Alzheimer’s...
