Rebecca Doig Has Rare Form of Alzheimer's at Just 31 Years Old

Rebecca Doig's Rare Form of Alzheimer's Disease Means She Does Not Recognize Her Newborn Daughter Rebecca Doig is just 31-years-old but she now requires round the clock care and she does not recognize her newborn daughter Emily due to a very rare form of Alzheimer's disease...

Cell Phone Use Can Prevent And Reverse Alzheimer's, Says Study

A new study out of the University of South Florida showed that long-term cell phone exposure in mice tended to reduce the incidence of Alzheimer's disease. Researchers also found that cell phone use could actually reverse the debilitating disease. Researchers are not clear...

35 million-plus worldwide have dementia:Report

Latest count of people suffering from Alzimers is more than 35 million, 10% more than previous prediction. Well Alzimers is on the rise or the surge is beacuse of awareness about the desesae in third world is very...

Alzheimer's Hits 5.3 Million in US - Report

Some 5.3 million people in the US have Alzheimer's disease, according to the Alzheimer's Association.  The healthcare costs related to Alzheimer's patients are more than triple those of other older people,...

A single brain cell 'can store memories'

A new study by US scientists has discovered that a single brain cell can store 'fleeting memories' which we use in our everyday lives."A study of mouse brain cells revealed how they could keep information stored...

Alzheimer's, Dementia and Manipulative Extraterrestrials

Canada’s Alzheimer’s Society acknowledges that: “At this time, we do not yet know what causes Alzheimer's disease or how to stop its progression.” Apparently researchers have at least discovered that “it is not a part of normal aging; and that it “affects both...

Dementia Will Become an Epidemic in Canada

Dementia could soon become an epidemic in Canada, the national Alzheimer Society warns.  The recent findings of the Canadian Study on Health and Aging have found that within a decade, the number of Canadians...

UK parliament backs animal-human embryo research

The Parliament in the UK has approved legislation that will allow scientists to create animal-human embryos. The legislation comes among discussion of revising the UK's abortion laws."The lower house of parliament...

Drinking Shrinks the Brain, Causes Dementia

A new study published in the Archives of Neurology has found that drinking alcohol, even at low amounts, shrinks the brain and can cause dementia.""The take-home message is that, if you drink a lot, you're going...

Mediterranean diet is recipe for long life

This is exactly the kind of study I love to hear about: veggies, fish, olive oil and wine are some of the key ingredients to healthy living.  While the Mediterranean diet has long been examined for its...

Rat-brain robot created

Under development The Rat-Bot cometh One of the most fascinating science related books I have ever read is The Great Mambo Chicken And The Transhuman Condition. This story might as well be right out of its...

Scientists stop ageing in mice

There's been some amazing scientific discoveries reported this week. First, scientists in California have come up with substances that may prove instrumental in developing invisible cloaking technology, and now...

Thyroid Hormone levels Linked to Alzheimer's Disease in Older Women

To know results of new studies encourage thyroid and Alzheimer's patients. Sometimes, to the patient everything seems so related. Thyroid....... memory........... confussion.........cognition......... it...

Singles 'face Alzheimer's risk'

There is bad news for singles. According to a latest study they are much more prone to Alzheimer disease than people who are in relationship. Even Divorcees who remained single for long time have high probability of Alzheimer. The study said that Living in a couple...

Daily pill halts Alzheimer's in its tracks

"This is an unprecedented result in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease," said Prof  Claude Wilschik, leader if a British research team.  The results of the Phase 2 study suggests that the new medication known as "rember" stops Alzheimer's by as much as 81%. The...

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