With more than 35 million people worldwide living with Alzheimers disease or a related dementia, the search for answers has never been more critical.
With this in mind, the very best minds in dementia research and care, both in Canada and abroad, will converge on Toronto today at the 5th Canadian Conference on Dementia to [...]

Alzheimers Society and Bupa have joined together to launch the first ever Dementia Champions programme in 130 Bupa care homes across the UK.
The new programme aims to develop inhouse leaders to champion good dementia care in their place of work and was successfully piloted in six Bupa care homes before the launch. By changing [...]

The quality of a persons social life could have an even greater impact than diet and exercise on their health and wellbeing. There is growing evidence that being a member of a social group can significantly reduce the risk of conditions like stroke, dementia and even the common cold.
New research by the Universities of Exeter [...]

Older people who reported sleeping for more than nine hours in each 24 hours and feeling sleepy during the day were more likely to develop dementia according to new research
The study of more than 3,000 people in Spain investigated the correlation between sleep patterns and the development of dementia over a three year period. [...]

Specific changes in brain pathways may counteract genetic mutations for the movement disorder dystonia, according to new research in the August 5 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. Few people who inherit dystonia genes display symptoms namely sustained muscle contractions and involuntary gestures and the study provides a possible explanation. This result could [...]

A particular class of medication used to treat high blood pressure could protect older adults against memory decline and other impairments in cognitive function, according to a newly published study from Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
Research suggests that some of the drugs classified as angiotensinconverting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, specifically those types of ACE [...]

Barrow Neurological Institute researchers have identified a novel receptor in the brain that is extremely sensitive to betaamyloid peptide (AB) and may play a key role in early stages of Alzheimers disease.
Published in the Journal of Neuroscience, the research lead by Jie Wu, MD, PhD, has identified a new candidate for therapeutic intervention in Alzheimers.
The [...]

Eating a “heart healthy” diet and maintaining or increasing participation in moderate physical activity may help preserve our memory and thinking abilities as we age, according to new research reported today at the Alzheimers Association 2009 International Conference on Alzheimers Disease (ICAD 2009) in Vienna.
“We cant do anything about aging or family history, but research [...]

What if you could test your risk for Alzheimers disease much like your cholesterol levels through a simple blood test?
UCLA scientists have discovered a way to measure the amount of amyloid beta that is being absorbed by immune cells in the blood. Amyloid beta forms the plaques considered the hallmark of Alzheimers disease, and [...]

The way certain patients present in the postacute hospital setting with delirium, a common, preventable but lifethreatening acute confusional state, predicts mortality, according to a study conducted by the Institute for Aging Research of Hebrew SeniorLife.
Patients with severe, hypoactive delirium, characterized by slowing or lack of movement and unresponsiveness, have the worst sixmonth survival rate [...]