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Perimenopause symptoms: What women 35 and up need to know now

Perimenopause symptoms: What women 35 and up need to know now

Perimenopause symptoms: What women 35 and up need to know now For women in the perimenopause years, normal is a complicated word. Normal means the pain is real, but nothing is showing up on the X-ray or MRI. It means you leave the appointment with no solutions, just a

Much-hyped Alzheimer's drugs do not help patients, review finds

Much-hyped Alzheimer's drugs do not help patients, review finds

Drugs once hailed as a breakthrough in the fight against Alzheimer's disease do not meaningfully help patients, a major review found Thursday, however some experts criticised the research. The review by the Cochrane organisation -- which is considered the gold standard for analysing existing evidence -- looked at drugs that

New research discovers loneliness hurts memory in older adults

New research discovers loneliness hurts memory in older adults

By Stephen Beech Loneliness has a negative impact on the memory of older adults, according to new research. But feeling lonely doesn't accelerate brain decline, the findings suggest. Lonelier people performed worse in initial memory tests. But over the course of seven years, their ability to recall information

A little-understood sleep disorder affects millions and has clear links to dementia – 4 questions answered

A little-understood sleep disorder affects millions and has clear links to dementia – 4 questions answered

(CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA) A little-known and poorly understood sleep disorder that occurs during the rapid eye movement, or REM, stage of sleep has been garnering attention for its role in foreshadowing neurodegenerative brain diseases such as Parkinson’s disease and dementia with Lewy bodies. The disorder, known as REM sleep

Study finds plant-based diets lower dementia risk

Study finds plant-based diets lower dementia risk

By Stephen Beech Healthy plant-based diets lower the risk of dementia, according to new research. And it's never too late to turn vegan or vegetarian, as dementia risk is reduced even among those who adopt a plant-based diet in their sixties, say scientists. But the study,

How AI is changing Alzheimer’s and dementia care

How AI is changing Alzheimer’s and dementia care

How AI is changing Alzheimer’s and dementia care For the 11 million Americans caring for a loved one with dementia, the journey is rarely about “big news.” Instead, it is defined by the long, difficult wait between doctor appointments and the search for answers that often come too late.

Vagus nerve stimulation shows promise as a way to counter Alzheimer’s disease- and age-related memory loss

Vagus nerve stimulation shows promise as a way to counter Alzheimer’s disease- and age-related memory loss

Most people think of Alzheimer’s disease as an illness of aging. But in fact, the brain changes that characterize it begin much earlier – sometime around the third decade of life. In the earliest of these changes, a tangled version of a protein called tau starts building up in a