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Dementia Cases In India Projected To Nearly Double By 2036
With Alzheimer's disease accounting for the majority of dementia cases, doctors stressed that changes in memory, cognition and everyday functioning should not automatically be dismissed as a normal part of ageing.
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Lara Dutta On The Invisible Burden Of Alzheimer's Care: 'It's Exhausting Physically And Mentally'
Former-Miss Universe and actor Lara Dutta opens up about her mother's illness and how difficult things can get for the patient's family
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Can Diabetes, High BP And Cholesterol Increase Alzheimer's Risk? Understanding The Brain-Heart Connection
Diabetes, high blood pressure and abnormal cholesterol levels, three extremely common conditions, are increasingly recognised as potentially modifiable risk factors for dementia in general, and especially Alzheimer's disease, which is the most common form of dementia worldwide.
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Is Alzheimer's In Your DNA? What Genetic Risk Really Means For Your Brain
A family history of Alzheimer's can raise the risk, but genes are not destiny. Experts explain APOE, rare inherited mutations, genetic testing and the lifestyle factors that can influence brain health.
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Is Poor Sleep Putting Your Brain At Risk of Alzheimer's? Doctor Answers
While a single night of bad sleep will not cause the disease, decades of poor sleep quality or sleeping fewer than 6 hours a night can dramatically increase your risk.
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Can Blood Thinners Protect The Brain? Newer Drugs Show Promise In Alzheimer's Patients
Researchers found that patients taking newer oral anticoagulants, known as non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants (NOACs), had a slower decline in cognitive function than those taking the older blood thinner warfarin or those who were not taking anticoagulants.
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Is Alzheimer's Disease Hereditary? Understanding Genetic Risk And Family History
Alzheimers risk involves genetics, age, lifestyle, and environment, with APOE E4 gene variant increasing risk but not guaranteeing disease.
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Want To Lower Dementia Risk? Skip The Blood Tests And Focus On These 3 Things
Among the steps: A half-hour of moderately intense exercise four times a week, twice-weekly resistance training and following the MIND diet, which stresses lots of leafy greens and berries, whole grains, poultry and fish.
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Is Alzheimer's Becoming A Women's Health Concern? Doctor Explains
Women make up a disproportionate share of people living with dementia. Longer life expectancy is one reason, but genetics, menopause, vascular health and unequal access to education and healthcare may also shape women's Alzheimer's risk
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Why Taxi Drivers Rarely Die Of Alzheimer's: The Surprising Brain Link
Taxi and ambulance drivers have some of the lowest Alzheimer's death rates. Experts explain how mental maps, navigation skills and spatial reasoning may help protect the brain.
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Leqembi Launched In India For Early Alzheimer's Treatment
Japanese pharmaceutical company Eisai has announced the launch of Leqembi (lecanemab) in India for the treatment of early Alzheimer's disease.
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How Bad Sleep Interacts With This One Brain Gene To Increase Alzheimer's Risk
The study, conducted by ECU's Centre for Precision Health (CPH), examined the aquaporin-4 (AQP4) gene. This gene helps control the movement of fluid through the brain, a function that supports the organ's natural waste-clearing system.
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Alzheimer's Disease Risk Could Be Detected With A Simple Blood Test
A blood test may predict if apparently healthy older adults are likely to develop Alzheimer's symptoms in the next five or 10 years.
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How Tuberculosis Vaccine Resets Immune System To Lower Alzheimer's Risk: Study
The remodelling of the human brain's immune environment by the tuberculosis vaccine BCG could offer a potential biological explanation for previously observed links between the vaccine and lower Alzheimer's disease risk, according to a study.
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Lethal Weapon Star Danny Glover Opens Up About Coping With Alzheimers Disease
Alzheimer's disease is an incurable type of dementia that affects memory, thinking and behavior and progressively worsens, according to The Alzheimer's Association.
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Dementia Cases In India Projected To Nearly Double By 2036
With Alzheimer's disease accounting for the majority of dementia cases, doctors stressed that changes in memory, cognition and everyday functioning should not automatically be dismissed as a normal part of ageing.
-
Lara Dutta On The Invisible Burden Of Alzheimer's Care: 'It's Exhausting Physically And Mentally'
Former-Miss Universe and actor Lara Dutta opens up about her mother's illness and how difficult things can get for the patient's family
-
Can Diabetes, High BP And Cholesterol Increase Alzheimer's Risk? Understanding The Brain-Heart Connection
Diabetes, high blood pressure and abnormal cholesterol levels, three extremely common conditions, are increasingly recognised as potentially modifiable risk factors for dementia in general, and especially Alzheimer's disease, which is the most common form of dementia worldwide.
-
Is Alzheimer's In Your DNA? What Genetic Risk Really Means For Your Brain
A family history of Alzheimer's can raise the risk, but genes are not destiny. Experts explain APOE, rare inherited mutations, genetic testing and the lifestyle factors that can influence brain health.
-
Is Poor Sleep Putting Your Brain At Risk of Alzheimer's? Doctor Answers
While a single night of bad sleep will not cause the disease, decades of poor sleep quality or sleeping fewer than 6 hours a night can dramatically increase your risk.
-
Can Blood Thinners Protect The Brain? Newer Drugs Show Promise In Alzheimer's Patients
Researchers found that patients taking newer oral anticoagulants, known as non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants (NOACs), had a slower decline in cognitive function than those taking the older blood thinner warfarin or those who were not taking anticoagulants.
-
Is Alzheimer's Disease Hereditary? Understanding Genetic Risk And Family History
Alzheimers risk involves genetics, age, lifestyle, and environment, with APOE E4 gene variant increasing risk but not guaranteeing disease.
-
Want To Lower Dementia Risk? Skip The Blood Tests And Focus On These 3 Things
Among the steps: A half-hour of moderately intense exercise four times a week, twice-weekly resistance training and following the MIND diet, which stresses lots of leafy greens and berries, whole grains, poultry and fish.
-
Is Alzheimer's Becoming A Women's Health Concern? Doctor Explains
Women make up a disproportionate share of people living with dementia. Longer life expectancy is one reason, but genetics, menopause, vascular health and unequal access to education and healthcare may also shape women's Alzheimer's risk
-
Why Taxi Drivers Rarely Die Of Alzheimer's: The Surprising Brain Link
Taxi and ambulance drivers have some of the lowest Alzheimer's death rates. Experts explain how mental maps, navigation skills and spatial reasoning may help protect the brain.
-
Leqembi Launched In India For Early Alzheimer's Treatment
Japanese pharmaceutical company Eisai has announced the launch of Leqembi (lecanemab) in India for the treatment of early Alzheimer's disease.
-
How Bad Sleep Interacts With This One Brain Gene To Increase Alzheimer's Risk
The study, conducted by ECU's Centre for Precision Health (CPH), examined the aquaporin-4 (AQP4) gene. This gene helps control the movement of fluid through the brain, a function that supports the organ's natural waste-clearing system.
-
Alzheimer's Disease Risk Could Be Detected With A Simple Blood Test
A blood test may predict if apparently healthy older adults are likely to develop Alzheimer's symptoms in the next five or 10 years.
-
How Tuberculosis Vaccine Resets Immune System To Lower Alzheimer's Risk: Study
The remodelling of the human brain's immune environment by the tuberculosis vaccine BCG could offer a potential biological explanation for previously observed links between the vaccine and lower Alzheimer's disease risk, according to a study.
-
Lethal Weapon Star Danny Glover Opens Up About Coping With Alzheimers Disease
Alzheimer's disease is an incurable type of dementia that affects memory, thinking and behavior and progressively worsens, according to The Alzheimer's Association.
