What Doctors Don't Tell YouIndividuals who have systolic hypertension and high levels of blood cholesterol in midlife appear to have a significantly increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease in later life, report Fin ...
Presenilin inhibitors among the newest drugs to be developed for Alzheimer's disease could have "unfortunate effects" on the body, warn researchers in America. ...
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the most misdiagnosed of modern diseases. True AD causes specific brain damage: microscopic senile plaques, brain atrophy and tangles in some of the connecting ...
Levodopa’s ability to reduce the distressing symptoms of early-stage Parkinson’s disease has earned itself enough street cred to become the first-line treatment for the condition. However, there’s a flip-side to every coin, and this drug is no...
Research into the ageing process shows that about 40 per cent of what affects life expectancy is within our control. Although a good diet can help us to live a longer life (see Altenatives WDDTY ...
The Alzheimer’s drug Reminyl (galantamine hydrobromide) could prove fatal to patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), according to Ortho-McNeil Neurologics, the company that makes the drug. The warning was issued to healthcare professionals...
As every other unruly or spirited child is today labelled as having ‘ADHD’ (attention-deficit/hyperactive disorder), so many older people who start to lose their mental acuity are diagnosed as having Alzheimer’s disease (AD).
The latest findings of the University of Calgary in Canada about how the mercury in your dental fillings can make you ill. ... ...
