by John McMillan | Jul 18, 2025 | Aging, Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia
Christian van Nieuwerburgh, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences Want to remember things better as you get older? The secret might be surprisingly simple: focus on feeling good. Recent research involving over 10,000 people aged 50 and above has found that...
by John McMillan | Jun 27, 2025 | Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia
Eef Hogervorst, Loughborough University; Ahmet Begde, Loughborough University, and Thom Wilcockson, Loughborough University The eyes can reveal a lot about the health of our brain. Indeed, problems with the eyes can be one of the earliest signs of cognitive decline....
by John McMillan | Jun 20, 2025 | Alzheimer's Disease
Dipa Kamdar, Kingston University The liver is one of the hardest working organs in the human body. It detoxifies harmful substances, helps with digestion, stores nutrients, and regulates metabolism. Despite its remarkable resilience – and even its ability to...
by John McMillan | Jun 13, 2025 | Alzheimer's Disease
Claudia Cooper, Queen Mary University of London A new study has highlighted the complex emotions and ethical dilemmas of learning your future risk of Alzheimer’s disease. Among 274 healthy research participants from the US aged 65 and over, 40% declined to receive...
by John McMillan | May 2, 2025 | Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia
Michael Hornberger, University of East Anglia Ever heard of Fischer’s disease? No? Maybe that is not surprising, because it doesn’t exist. But it could have. In fact, the disease we now know as Alzheimer’s disease might just as easily have been called Fischer’s...
by John McMillan | Apr 18, 2025 | Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia
Molly Murray, University of the West of Scotland Around 57 million people worldwide have dementia. While most cases of dementia are diagnosed in older adults, about 7% of cases occur in people under 65. This number may be even higher as young-onset dementia continues...
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