Category: mind
5/20/2013 - Growing Old Alone?
by admin on May 20, 2013 5:42 pm
Who will care for you when you get old? If that’s a scary or uncomfortable question, you are in good company. Most people don’t want to think about their long-term care needs and when they do, they tend to have major misperceptions of what it costs and what the government will pay for. Read the… Read more 5/20/2013 - Growing Old Alone?
5/19/2013 - Helper Robots Are Steered, Tentatively, to Care for the Aging
by admin on May 19, 2013 8:19 pm
“There are two trends that are going in opposite directions. One is the increasing number of elderly people, and the other is the decline in the number of people to take care of them,” said Jim Osborn, a roboticist and executive director of the Robotics Institute’s Quality of Life Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon University.… Read more 5/19/2013 - Helper Robots Are Steered, Tentatively, to Care for the Aging
5/19/2013 - Sleep Apnea in Seniors Tied to Alzheimer's in Study
by admin on May 19, 2013 5:32 pm
Sleep apnea, the condition that robs sufferers of deep sleep by endlessly and subconsciously waking them up, becomes more common as people age. Now, a small new study raises the possibility that it may somehow cause — or be caused by — Alzheimer’s disease. Read the full article at U.S. News and World Report.
5/18/2013 - Alzheimer's Cases Rise, But Hope Remains
by admin on May 18, 2013 5:30 pm
More than 5 million Americans are currently living with Alzheimer’s disease, and the National Institute on Aging estimates that that number is going to triple by 2050 — in part due to aging baby boomers. Read/listen to the full story at National Public Radio (NPR).
5/16/2013 - Skin Cancer Tied To A Lower Risk of Alzheimer’s
by admin on May 16, 2013 5:35 pm
There’s no positive side to developing skin cancer, but the latest research ties certain forms of the disease to a reduced risk of dementia. Read the full article at Time.
5/15/2013 - Alzheimer's Research: Biomarkers Predict Start Of Mental Decline
by admin on May 15, 2013 5:53 pm
Researchers have figured out new ways to identify who is at risk of developing Alzheimer’s, an incurable brain disease that affects 5.4 million Americans. Read the full article at Huffington Post.
5/13/2013 - Breakthrough: Alzheimer’s drug candidate J147 reverses disease in mice
by admin on May 13, 2013 10:10 pm
Salk scientists develop drug that slows Alzheimer’s in mice. Findings may lead to first therapeutic drug to treat advanced Alzheimer’s. Read the full article at BrainUpdates.com.
5/11/2013 - Rise in obesity poses 'dementia time bomb'
by admin on May 11, 2013 5:41 pm
Ever-growing waistlines could result in a big increase in the number of people who develop dementia in the future, researchers have warned. Read the full article at BBC News.
5/10/2013 - Potential treatment for Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, dementia discovered
by admin on May 10, 2013 10:13 pm
A drug currently being used to treat leukemia has been found to help halt the production of toxic proteins in the brain linked to Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and various forms of dementia. Read the full article at Fox News.
5/10/2013 - Potential treatment for Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, dementia discovered
by admin on May 10, 2013 4:10 pm
A drug currently being used to treat leukemia has been found to help halt the production of toxic proteins in the brain linked to Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and various forms of dementia. Read more the full article Fox News.
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