Imagine going on a long journey by train. As you leave, the landscape looks familiar and you sit back to relax. For a while you read, then you doze off. When you wake from your nap, you notice something odd—when you look out the window, things look different. The buildings have strange shapes and colors…
The new global study involves 1,500 participants across nine countries currently living with dementia. Picture: University of Melbourne A new global study, led by the University of Melbourne, is bringing music in as medicine to treat people with dementia and depression By Ruby Gill and Imogen Crump, University of Melbourne Music is the medicine of…
The UB-led study found that most participants got less than six hours of sleep each night, accompanied by frequent awakenings — as often as four times per hour. By MARCENE ROBINSON Published August 3, 2018 More than 90 percent of people caring for a family member with dementia experience poor sleep, according to new research by…
Medioimages/Photodisc/Getty Images By ALICE PARK July 25, 2018 Most people are familiar with the steps they can take to lower their risk of heart disease and cancer. Choosing your diet carefully, exercising and quitting smoking have all been shown to lower the risk of these diseases. But when it comes to dementia — including dementia related…
The new drug slowed cognitive decline and reduced amyloid plaques, shown lower right in a colored light micrograph of an Alzheimer’s patient.CreditSimon Fraser/Science Source By Pam Belluck July 25, 2018 The long, discouraging quest for a medication that works to treat Alzheimer’s reached a potentially promising milestone on Wednesday. For the first time in a large…
Scientists have found that people with thin retinas are more likely to develop dementia in later years By Martin Bagot Health And Science Correspondent 08:27, 24 JUL 2018 The thickness of the retina can predict a decline in brain power, an eye test study has proved. Scientists found that people with thin retinas were twice as likely…
DEMENTIA with Lewy bodies is a type of dementia that shares symptoms with both Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease. Because of the similarities with these conditions, and because memory loss isn’t as pronounced in the initial stages, dementia with Lewy bodies is harder to diagnose than other forms of the disease. Here are six signs…
As people get older, they rely more on family, caregivers, friends and neighbors to get them through their day. When that person steps up to provide that extra help, there is usually a lot of banter back and forth when the helper is not at their best. People living with dementia can be forgetful or…
Researchers developed a communication intervention program to help couples affected by dementia. Published: by Interim HealthCare in Alzheimer’s When a patient is diagnosed with dementia, the disease takes a toll on his or her spouse as well. With years of shared memories, it’s hard to watch a partner’s cognitive ability decline. The Alzheimer’s Association encourages…
By Judith Graham Kaiser Health News February 20, 2018 – Updated February 20, 2018 12:05am TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE There is a new grass-roots movement in the U.S. aimed at educating people about Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. In November, six people with Alzheimer’s disease and related types of cognitive impairment stood before an audience…