Senior's weakness for scams may be warning sign of dementia
Elder fraud is a huge problem, and Monday's study doesn't mean that people who fall prey to a con artist have some sort of dementia brewing...
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Protein complex may help prevent neurodegenerative diseases
Numerous devastating neurodegenerative disorders in humans, such as Huntington's and Alzheimer's disease as well as a disease known as spinocerebellar ataxia, are linked to specific cellular proteins which accumulate in the cell...
My two-year-old daughter is dying of dementia – I lose a piece of her every day
Children gradually lose the skills they’ve learnt as their brains disintegrate...
Research Brief: 3D-printed transparent skull provides a window to the brain
In the past, most scientists have looked at small regions of the brain and tried to...
Woman who thought she was just ‘daydreaming’ was actually suffering epileptic seizures
At her worst, Jasmin experienced up to 30 seizures a day, lasting from 10 seconds to five minutes...
Diabetes medication may protect your brain from Alzheimer's disease: study
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Eisai launches study of a-beta drug BAN 2401 in Alzheimer’s
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'I nearly lost my life just as all my childhood dreams came true': Game Of Thrones star Emilia Clarke reveals she suffered two life-threatening brain aneurysms while filming
Emilia then explained that she had just finished filming the first season of the...
Woman who thought she was just tired woke up with a paralysed face due to Bell’s Palsy
Overnight, Amy, now 36, from Leeds, had developed Bell’s Palsy, where an inflammation forms around the facial nerve and this pressure causes facial paralysis on the affected side...
Scientists 'clear' Alzheimer's plaque from mice using only light and sound
This technique hasn't been clinically trialled in humans as yet, so it's too soon to get excited - brain waves are known to work differently in humans and mice...
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