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• Coffee drinkers lower risk of dementia

  In more good news for coffee lovers, a new study suggests that middle-aged adults who regularly drink a cup of java may have a lower risk of developing dementia later in life. Whether coffee itself deserves the credit is not yet clear, but researchers Read More...
  Posted Tuesday, February 03, 2009 3:24 AM by Editor / 0 Comments

  Tags: Dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Coffee

• Miami researchers identify nine Alzheimer's genes

  Some prominent researchers at the University of Miami have identified nine genes that are likely to raise the risk of Alzheimer's, taking one more stride toward the day when people can accurately assess their risk of the disease and take action to Read More...
  Posted Tuesday, January 06, 2009 12:22 PM by Editor / 0 Comments

  Tags: Alzheimer's disease, Genes, genetics tests

• First stem cell brain surgery

  As Aaditya watches a cartoon show on television, his right hand wavering to caress soft toys (SpongeBob SquarePants and Noddy) tucked next to him in bed, the boy has no clue that researchers and doctors across the world are watching his recovery with Read More...
  Posted Saturday, January 03, 2009 12:35 AM by Editor / 0 Comments

  Tags: Alzheimer's disease, India, stem cell therapy

• Berry extracts may ease age-related mental decline: Study

  Old lab rats fed a diet supplemented with a compound from berries and grapes called pterostilbene performed better in mental challenges than their un-supplemented counterparts, says a new study. The results indicated that in aging rats, pterostilbene Read More...
  Posted Friday, December 12, 2008 6:16 AM by Editor / 0 Comments

  Tags: Alzheimer's disease, cognitive decline, grapes, berries

• Maintaining Brain's Wiring In Aging And Disease

  Researchers at the Babraham Institute near Cambridge, supported by the Alzheimer's Research Trust and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), have discovered that the brain's circuitry survives longer than previously Read More...
  Posted Sunday, December 07, 2008 12:42 AM by Editor / 0 Comments

  Tags: Alzheimer's disease, Brain aging

• Fast Food A Potential Risk Factor For Alzheimer’s

  Mice that were fed a diet rich in fat, sugar and cholesterol for nine months developed a preliminary stage of the morbid irregularities that form in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients. The study results, published in a doctoral thesis from the Swedish Read More...
  Posted Monday, December 01, 2008 1:08 AM by Editor / 0 Comments

  Tags: Alzheimer's disease, Cholesterol, diet, sugar

• Making an Old Brain Young Scientists are developing new ways to manipulate the brain's normal plasticity.

  New ways to manipulate neural plasticity--the brain's ability to rewire itself--could make adult brains as facile as young ones, at least in part. Drugs that target these mechanisms might eventually help treat neurological disorders as diverse as Read More...
  Posted Monday, December 01, 2008 12:45 AM by Editor / 0 Comments

  Tags: Alzheimer's disease, Brain aging, Stroke, Autism, plasticity

• Curcumin's anti-inflammatory powers are unproven

  Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times Curcumin in turmeric might help control inflammation. Curcumin supplements are hitting store shelves as the compound found in turmeric is being touted as a possible treatment to Alzheimer's and cancer. But scientists Read More...
  Posted Saturday, September 06, 2008 6:25 AM by Editor / 0 Comments

  Tags: Alzheimer's disease, Inflammation, curcumin

• Allon drug boosts memory in pre-Alzheimer patients

  Allon Therapeutics presents AL-108 human efficacy data at world’s leading Alzheimer’s disease conference CHICAGO – July 28, 2008 - A potential new treatment for Alzheimer’s disease that reduces the classic Alzheimer’s “tangle” Read More...
  Posted Tuesday, July 29, 2008 7:59 AM by Editor / 0 Comments

  Tags: Alzheimer's disease, Memory, cognitive enhancement

• Old hayfever treatment could be best Alzheimer's drug

  It's been a strange week for Alzheimer's patients, with both good and bad news from two different studies. An abandoned drug rescued from the scrapheap has provided the best results yet of any drug against the disease, and is also the first to Read More...
  Posted Monday, July 21, 2008 1:44 PM by Editor / 0 Comments

  Tags: Alzheimer's disease, Dimebon, antihistamine