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Risk of Alzheimer's disease in astronauts
US researchers say that exposure to radiation in space can increase the development of Alzheimer's disease in astronauts, according to UPI news agency.
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Hormone detection helps recall memory
A new study on elderly people said that feel-good hormone (a hormone that makes you happy) helps to recall memory.
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New hope for Alzheimer's patients
US scientists have just opened a new ray of hope for Alzheimer's patients with scientific work to confirm their work
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Learning a foreign language helps the brain grow
Studying a new language can increase the size of some brain areas significantly, according to new research by Swedish experts.
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New research directions on the effects of Alzheimer's drugs
Scientists grouped Alzheimer's disease into three groups to test the effects of Alzheimer's drugs.
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Announcing new causes of Alzheimer's disease
New US scientists have discovered that when brain cells are aging and the amount of DNA produced by these cells is not good, they will not divide and start producing har…
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Women are more likely to get Alzheimer's disease than men
According to recent research, scientists have found that women are twice as likely to develop Alzheimer's disease as men. This is related to sex hormones.
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Prayer regularly reduces the risk of dementia
According to a study linked between US and Israeli scientists, regular prayer may reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer's up to 50%. The US National Institute of Healt…
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Education and meditation reduce the risk of brain degeneration
University of Tasmania researchers say there are currently 245,000 Australians living with Alzheimer's disease and that is the leading cause of disability for people old…
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Drug treatment of shopping addiction
Psychiatrists discovered, a drug that specializes in Alzheimer's can help shopping addicts get rid of their wasteful habits. Shopping addiction can cause misery to spend…
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New findings on the effects of depression
Dr. Deborah E. Barnes of the University of California, San Francisco (USA) and colleagues examined medical data of 13,535 people and examined symptoms of depression in m…
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Mobility helps reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease
A recent study published in the journal Neurology shows that older people who are active as gardeners or housework are less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease than th…
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Difficulty sleeping at young age, memory loss in old age
People who have difficulty sleeping are at risk of memory-related problems when they turn into late age, according to the Daily Mail. Scientists have found that the qual…
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The brain begins to die after age 45
Research by British scientists demonstrates that the aging process of the human brain begins not at age 60 as it was previously conceived (based on which the Multilatera…
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The development of Alzheimer's as a contagious disease
The findings of scientists from Columbia University Medical Center (USA) have published in online magazine PloS One that Alzheimer's disease spreads from one part of the…