In response to a request made by President Obama, the Center for Brain Activity Mapping or (CBAM) has been formed by UC San Diego. This organization has slowly been forming since early April and Ralph…
New Danish/Italian research shows how medicine for the brain can be absorbed through the nose. This paves the way to more effective treatment of neurological diseases like Alzheimer’s and tumors in the brain.
The Metabolic Cerebral Imaging in Incipient Dementia study is an ongoing national clinical trial sponsored by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).Their interim data has found that patients whose doctors gleaned information from…
Scientists now have new insights into the working of the brain and Alzheimer’s disease : Scientists of the Charite – Universitatsmedizin Berlin and the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) have managed to acquire new…
New report reveals global Alzheimer’s epidemic creating shortage of caregivers and lack of support for family members The World Alzheimer Report 2013 ‘Journey of Caring: An analysis of long-term care for dementia’, calls for governments…
Researchers from the Eaton-Peabody Laboratories of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Harvard Medical School have created a new mouse model in which by expressing a gene in the inner ear hair cells — the…
More than half of all patients with pre-existing dementia will experience delirium while hospitalized. Failing to detect and treat their delirium early leads to a faster decline of both their physical and mental health, according…
Scripps Florida scientists pinpoint proteins vital to long-term memory