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…