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How Puzzles, Games Might Help Your Aging Brain
drugs
December 11, 2018
Those Sunday crossword puzzles may not prevent the aging brain from slowing down -- but they might protect it in a different way, a new study suggests....
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UK Dementia partnership offering £100,000-200,000 awards for dementia research projects
pharmafile
October 25, 2018
The Dementia Discovery Fund (DDF) in partnership with the UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI) has announced that it will provide a series of awards between £100,000 and £200,000...
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Scientists look to Chinese soup ingredients to slow down progression of dementia
straitstimes
September 27, 2018
SYDNEY/SHANGHAI (BLOOMBERG) - The ingredients in this experimental brain treatment may be better known to enhance cooking, not cognition.
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Allergan, Sosei suspend clinical development of dementia drug
pharmatimes
September 20, 2018
Allergan and Sosei are voluntarily suspending clinical development activities with HTL0018318 pending investigation...
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Computer avatars are now able to detect dementia
europeanpharmaceuticalreview
September 18, 2018
Researchers have developed computer avatars that are now able to detect dementia using a series of six questions…
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Dialysis Linked to Dementia in Seniors
drugs
August 15, 2018
Older kidney failure patients on hemodialysis have high rates of dementia, which is associated with an increased risk of early death, a new study shows.
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How Common Is Dementia Among LGBT Seniors?
drugs
July 23, 2018
Dementia strikes about one in 13 lesbian, gay or bisexual seniors in the United States, a new study finds.
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Dementia accounts for 13 percent of total UK deaths
pharmatimes
July 20, 2018
New data has revealed that Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia accounted for 13 percent of all UK deaths in 2018.
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Eisai Launches Dementia Discovery Center
contractpharma
June 19, 2018
Eisai Inc. announced it will launch the Eisai Center for Genetics Guided Dementia Discovery, which will harness the power of human genetics to develop next-generation medicines for Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other dementias.
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Artificial Intelligence improves stroke and dementia diagnosis in CT brain scan
europeanpharmaceuticalreview
May 22, 2018
Machine learning has detected one of the commonest causes of dementia and stroke, in the most widely used form of brain scan (CT), more accurately than current methods.