(Reuters) – Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s neuroscience startup Neuralink on Friday unveiled a pig named Gertrude that has had a coin-sized computer chip in its brain for two months, showing off an early step toward the goal of curing human diseases with... More »
(Reuters Health) – Symptoms of aggression and agitation in dementia patients may respond better to non-drug therapies such as massage, touch therapy and outdoor activities, a new study suggests. In a reanalysis of more than 163 studies involving nearly 25,000 ... More »
(Reuters Health) – Adults with clogged arteries carrying blood to the heart may be more prone to cognitive decline than their counterparts without such cardiac problems, a study suggests. This was true whether patients had suffered a heart attack or they had a... More »
LONDON (Reuters) – A venture capital fund dedicated to finding new ways to prevent and treat dementia has raised $350 million, far exceeding the initial target of $200 million set on its launch in 2015. The global Dementia Discovery Fund (DDF), an initiative o... More »
(Reuters Health) – Patients with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia may be less likely to die after surgery when they’re treated at hospitals that employ a larger proportion of nurses with at least a college degree, a U.S. study suggests. Previous research has l... More »
(Reuters Health) – Pets that visit nursing homes or live there with a resident can be a benefit to all, but administrators also need to consider possible risks like injuries and illness and develop policies to avoid them, researchers say. In a survey of nursin... More »
BOURNEMOUTH, England (Reuters) – Among Ron Grantham’s happiest memories are the days he spent fly-fishing with his beloved dog, Spot. Now those memories are being revived by visits from his new best friend, Biscuit – a robotic dog. Grantham is 99 years old and... More »
(Reuters) – Alzheimer’s researchers have proposed a radical change in the way the disease is defined, focusing on biological changes in the body rather than clinical symptoms such as memory loss and cognitive decline. The new research framework, released on Tu... More »
(Reuters Health) – Well into our 70s, we continue to develop new cells in an area of the brain responsible for new memories and exploration of new environments, scientists report. “These new brain cells sustain our abilities to make new memories, learn, and co... More »
Daphne Padfield, 93, tries out a specialist virtual reality headset at the Langham Court Dementia Home in Hindhead, Britain February 6, 2018. REUTERS/Matt Stock HINDHEAD, England (Reuters) – For 93-year-old Daphne Padfield, a dementia sufferer in an English ca... More »
FILE PHOTO – A view shows the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland August 14, 2012. REUTERS/Jason Reed/File Photo (Reuters) – U.S. regulators have proposed lowering the bar for clinical trial success for experimental ... More »
TOKYO/MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Researchers in Japan and Australia say they have made important progress in developing a blood test that could in future help doctors detect who might go on to get Alzheimer’s disease. In a study published in the journal Nature, the... More »
FILE PHOTO: A Cappuccino stands on a table at a branch of Costa coffee in Manchester, Britain, March 18, 2016. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – People who drink three to four cups of coffee a day are more likely to see health benefits than harm... More »
By Lisa Rapaport(Reuters Health) – Hailing from the so-called stroke belt, a band of southern U.S. states with high stroke mortality rates, is associ More »
By Ronnie CohenOne in 18 older Americans falls victim to financial fraud or scams annually, and that figure excludes seniors who’ve been financially More »
By Carolyn Crist(Reuters Health) – Nearly 37 percent of Americans have advanced directives for end-of-life care if they become seriously ill or unabl More »
A brain training computer game developed by British neuroscientists has been shown to improve the memory of patients in the very earliest stages of dementia and could help such patients avert some symptoms of cognitive decline. More »
By Lisa Rapaport(Reuters Health) – Nursing home residents who have a range of activity options may be more likely to thrive than their peers who don’ More »
By Marilynn Larkin(Reuters Health) – After a hip fracture, men are more cognitively impaired – and therefore, more at risk of death – than women, res More »
By Lisa Rapaport(Reuters Health) – The number of older adults taking at least three prescriptions for psychotropic drugs – which includes opioids, an More »
File photo: Players from a soccer academy practice against the setting sun in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh August 30, 2007. REUTERS/Ajay Verma Scientists have found signs of brain damage that could cause dementia in a handful of former soccer players... More »
By Madeline Kennedy(Reuters Health) – Seniors with memory problems and related attention and decision-making issues may struggle with driving tasks, More »
An online game following the journey of an elderly former sea explorer who has lost his memories has helped scientists lead a vast international dementia study and given important preliminary results about human orientation skills. More »
Scientists launched a global initiative on Friday to map out and describe every cell in the human body in a vast atlas that could transform researchers’ understanding of human development and disease. More »
German biotech Morphosys moved a step closer to getting its first antibody drug onto the market as its licensee, Johnson & Johnson unit Jenssen, reported positive results from a phase 3 study of psoriasis drug guselkumab. More »
WASHINGTON Neuroscientists acting as cartographers of the human mind have devised the most comprehensive map ever made of the cerebral cortex, the part of the brain responsible for higher cognitive functions such as abstract thought, language and memory. Using... More »
(Reuters Health) – Caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease isn’t easy under the best of circumstances, but it may be much more stressful for spouses and people who suffer from depression, a Finnish study suggests. Researchers followed 236 family caregi... More »
