Dementia
By SweetTree Home Care Services As the home care industry evolves, so do the many solutions on offer for those with additional needs, with technology playing a big role in this growth. Working in cooperation with SweetTree Home Care services, the technology support service JC Explore is one of the many organisations pushing for the integration [...]
A doctor claims diet soda raises dementia risk by 290 per cent and stroke risk by 300 per cent, citing long-term research. Dr Clint Steele, 56, a specialist in the brain and nervous system, says he helps people improve their lives by boosting brain function and preventing or reversing dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, a progressive [...]
A coroner found that football heading likely contributed to brain injury that was a factor in Gordon McQueen’s death, an inquest in North Yorkshire heard. McQueen, capped for Scotland 30 times between 1974 and 1981 and a former Manchester United and Leeds player in a 16-year career, died at his home in North Yorkshire in [...]
REM sleep disorder may mark early cognitive decline and raise risk of diseases such as Parkinson's, a long-term study suggests. Researchers studied people with long-term isolated REM sleep behaviour disorder (iRBD), a condition where sleepers act out dreams, often screaming, laughing or making violent movements. The term "isolated" means no other neurological disease. They found [...]
A team has developed a selective compound that inhibits an enzyme tied to inflammation in people at genetic risk for Alzheimer's disease. The compound preserves normal brain function while crossing the blood-brain barrier, the protective membrane that separates the brain from the bloodstream. The driver is an enzyme called calcium-dependent phospholipase A2 (cPLA2). [...]
A simple tool predicts five-year dementia risk in stroke survivors using routine clinic and hospital data, an international team reports. The analysis drew on more than 2,600 stroke survivors across 12 studies in 10 countries, coordinated through the global Stroke and Cognition Consortium (STROKOG). Researchers found that a combination of age, sex, education, stroke severity, [...]
Mild head injuries may raise Alzheimer’s risk later in life, but swift treatment after trauma could reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s and other long-term brain damage, new research suggests. Lab studies found a single mild traumatic brain injury can damage the brain’s lymphatic drainage system, the waste-clearing network that removes harmful proteins. In mice, repairing [...]
Risperidone raises stroke risk in all patients, research finds, challenging the idea that any group can take the drug without added danger. The study of more than 165,000 people with dementia found risperidone increased stroke risk even in patients with no prior heart disease or stroke. Risperidone is a strong antipsychotic often prescribed for severe [...]
US$1.04bn agreement for a novel investigational Alzheimer's therapy Biopharma company ADEL has announced that it has entered into an exclusive worldwide license agreement with Sanofi, a multinational healthcare company, for the development and commercialisation of ADEL-Y01. ADEL-Y01 is a potential first-in-class antibody therapy for Alzheimer's disease, and related backup compounds. The total [...]
New research explains how a single mild brain injury can set off changes that increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. The discovery points to a possible way to prevent the disorder by repairing the brain’s drainage system after head trauma. Scientists found that traumatic brain injuries impair lymphatic vessels that connect the brain and the [...]
