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Predicting the Future: Researchers Eye New Early Predictor of Cognitive Decline
, Alzheimer'sEvidence of Alzheimer’s Disease begins to appear in the brain well before clinical cognitive symptoms of the disease, which has led to the introduction of…
Read MorePotential Approaches to Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease
, Cognitive Health, Health & WellnessThe current Journal of the American Medical Association reported some recent developments in the early detection of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) presented at the 2012 annual…
Read MoreDementia & Cognitive Reserve in Middle-Income Countries
, Cognitive HealthStudies have reported that countries with lower- and middle-to-average incomes have lower rates of dementia than those in the wealthiest parts of the world. These…
Read MoreA Possible Biomarker for Alzheimer’s Disease
, Cognitive Health, NewsworthyA group of researchers at Johns Hopkins University, the Mayo Clinic, and Columbia University may have found a biomarker (or a measurable, identifiable indicator) that…
Read MoreProgress Toward an Alzheimer’s Vaccine?
, Cognitive HealthThe exact cause or causes of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is uncertain, but much evidence points to the so-called “Amyloid Hypothesis.” This hypothesis is that AD…
Read MoreDecrease the anxiety of nursing home residents with dementia by playing their favorite music
, Cognitive HealthEarlier this year, the Journal of Clinical Nursing published a study (Sung et al. 2010) about the potential for music to reduce anxiety in older…
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