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Health: Library - 25 May 2006
Alzheimer's disease is a form of dementia that is more common in older people. A person with dementia experiences memory loss, confusion, and personality and behaviour change.
Health Minutes - 02 June 2008
Vive la difference! Risk factors for dementia vary between the sexes, say French researchers.
Health Minutes - 19 May 2008
One in four people have a hole in the heart called a patent foramen ovale; evidence suggests it might be a source of strokes and possibly dementia.
Health Minutes - 25 March 2008
People with dementia typically live for four or five years after the disease starts, a British study has found.
Health: Talking Health - 05 March 2008
Do you think you get enough brain exercise? Is it keeping you sharp?
Health Minutes - 20 February 2008
A transient neurological attack (TNA) is a group of neurological symptoms similar to a TIA, with an increased risk of subsequent stroke and dementia.
Health: Healthy Living - 23 October 2007
Keeping your mind active can almost halve your risk of getting dementia.
Health Minutes - 04 September 2007
Elderly people taking anticholinergic medications may develop problems with memory and thinking, a study shows.
Health Minutes - 04 September 2007
Experts believe that some countries are heading for a 300 per cent increase in the prevalence of dementia over the next few years - the majority in poor and middle income countries.
Health Minutes - 01 August 2007
Taking up gardening, walking daily and drinking moderate amounts of alcohol may reduce your risk of dementia, while psychological distress or having stiff lungs seem to have the opposite effect.
Health Minutes - 20 June 2007
Copper has a critical role in energy production and is important in brain development. We need around 2mg per day and there are suspicions that the elderly are at risk of copper deficiency because of an inadequate diet.
Health Minutes - 22 May 2007
A five year study has shown that mental training reduced the normal decline in daily functioning seen in ageing.
Health Minutes - 03 April 2007
Studies from Sweden comparing identical and non identical twins suggest that about 70 per cent of Alzheimer's disease can be blamed on genes.
Health: The Pulse - 22 March 2007
Having good social networks will lessen the chances of elderly people getting Alzheimer's disease.
Health Minutes - 06 February 2007
A five year study has shown that mental training reduced the normal decline in daily functioning seen in ageing.
Health Minutes - 30 January 2007
The evidence suggests that taking B vitamins won't fail to arrest cognitive decline in older people.
Health Minutes - 31 October 2006
Experts believe that some countries are heading for a 300 per cent increase in the prevalence of dementia over the next few years - the majority in poor and middle income countries.
Health Minutes - 31 October 2006
Elderly people taking anticholinergic medications may develop problems with memory and thinking, a study shows.
Health Minutes - 29 September 2006
Studies from Sweden comparing identical and non identical twins suggest that about 70 per cent of Alzheimer's disease can be blamed on genes.
Health Minutes - 12 September 2006
Taking up gardening, walking daily and drinking moderate amounts of alcohol may reduce your risk of dementia, while psychological distress or having stiff lungs seem to have the opposite effect.
Health Minutes - 25 July 2006
A study of blood flow of people with dementia has found an increased number of small blood clots in the brain compared to healthy people.
Health Minutes - 03 July 2006
The evidence suggests that taking B vitamins won't fail to arrest cognitive decline in older people.
Health Minutes - 27 June 2006
Copper has a critical role in energy production and is important in brain development. We need around 2mg per day and there are suspicions that the elderly are at risk of copper deficiency because of an inadequate diet.
Health Minutes - 08 May 2006
Nerve growth factors, as the name implies, induce nerves in the brain to grow. It's been tempting to use them for Alzheimer's disease. A group in California has had some success in slowing mental deterioration by putting NGF into only certain bits of the brain.
Health Minutes - 08 March 2006
Experts believe that some countries are heading for a 300 per cent increase in the prevalence of dementia over the next few years - the majority in poor and middle income countries.
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