Helping caregivers assist people with dementia in eating at home

by Emily Caldwell,The Ohio State UniversityCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainFor many people with dementia and the caregivers helping them live at home, mealtime is no picnic.The home environmen

Updated on: March 08,2024

Helping caregivers assist people with dementia in eating at home

by Emily Caldwell,The Ohio State UniversityCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainFor many people with dementia and the caregivers helping them live at home, mealtime is no picnic.The home environmen

Updated on:March 08,2024

Different genetic roots of autism may lead to shared brain activity and behaviors

Updated on: July 05,2025

Different genetic roots of autism may lead to shared brain activity and behaviors

Updated on:July 05,2025

Research reveals connection between tauopathies and disruption in protein synthesis

by University of KentuckyAssistant Professor Joe Abisambra, researcher at the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, has demonstrated for the first time that tau impairs protein sy

Updated on: February 27,2024

Research reveals connection between tauopathies and disruption in protein synthesis

by University of KentuckyAssistant Professor Joe Abisambra, researcher at the University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, has demonstrated for the first time that tau impairs protein sy

Updated on:February 27,2024

Machine learning enhances brain-machine interface performance

by Cynthia Eller,California Institute of TechnologyOverview of the study’s methodology. Credit:Nature Biomedical Engineering(2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41551-024-01297-1Brain–machine inter

Updated on: December 16,2024

Machine learning enhances brain-machine interface performance

by Cynthia Eller,California Institute of TechnologyOverview of the study’s methodology. Credit:Nature Biomedical Engineering(2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41551-024-01297-1Brain–machine inter

Updated on:December 16,2024

PET tracer gauges effectiveness of promising Alzheimer's treatment

by Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular ImagingPET imaging shows the average 18F-AV45 uptake per animal group at 8 and 13 months of age. A significant interaction of genotype treatment was observ

Updated on: April 01,2024

PET tracer gauges effectiveness of promising Alzheimer's treatment

by Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular ImagingPET imaging shows the average 18F-AV45 uptake per animal group at 8 and 13 months of age. A significant interaction of genotype treatment was observ

Updated on:April 01,2024

Diabetes, heart disease, smoking increase risk of death for older adults with dementia

by American Geriatrics SocietyDementia (a decline in memory and other mental abilities) is a serious condition, and its prognosis (the likely course of the disease) is marked by progressive loss of co

Updated on: February 27,2024

Diabetes, heart disease, smoking increase risk of death for older adults with dementia

by American Geriatrics SocietyDementia (a decline in memory and other mental abilities) is a serious condition, and its prognosis (the likely course of the disease) is marked by progressive loss of co

Updated on:February 27,2024

Alzheimer's risk linked to energy shortage in brain's immune cells

by Tamara Bhandari,Washington University School of Medicine in St. LouisA new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis shows that mutations in the gene TREM2 cause an ene

Updated on: April 07,2024

Alzheimer's risk linked to energy shortage in brain's immune cells

by Tamara Bhandari,Washington University School of Medicine in St. LouisA new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis shows that mutations in the gene TREM2 cause an ene

Updated on:April 07,2024

Promising Alzheimer's research takes a step forward

by University of LiverpoolCredit: University of LiverpoolScientists from the University of Liverpool and Victoria University of Wellington have been awarded over £478K to advance a potential trea

Updated on: April 01,2024

Promising Alzheimer's research takes a step forward

by University of LiverpoolCredit: University of LiverpoolScientists from the University of Liverpool and Victoria University of Wellington have been awarded over £478K to advance a potential trea

Updated on:April 01,2024

Neural maps used to locate rewards may be disrupted in dementia and heightened in addiction

Updated on: July 08,2025

Neural maps used to locate rewards may be disrupted in dementia and heightened in addiction

Updated on:July 08,2025

People with dementia exposed to low quality of life through lack of activity

by Griffith UniversityQuality of life for people with dementia living in long-term care is often negatively impacted due to low levels of activity participation.Furthermore, staff and families re

Updated on: February 27,2024

People with dementia exposed to low quality of life through lack of activity

by Griffith UniversityQuality of life for people with dementia living in long-term care is often negatively impacted due to low levels of activity participation.Furthermore, staff and families re

Updated on:February 27,2024

Loss of empathy is a key problem in people with frontotemporal dementia—here's what's happening in the brain

Updated on: May 13,2025

Loss of empathy is a key problem in people with frontotemporal dementia—here's what's happening in the brain

Updated on:May 13,2025

Alzheimer's report hints at a future health crisis bigger than COVID-19

by Andre MouchardCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe costs of Alzheimer's disease—human and financial—are rising sharply in California and nationally, and census projections for America's rap

Updated on: April 07,2024

Alzheimer's report hints at a future health crisis bigger than COVID-19

by Andre MouchardCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe costs of Alzheimer's disease—human and financial—are rising sharply in California and nationally, and census projections for America's rap

Updated on:April 07,2024