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Alzheimer's disease is preventable
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Alzheimer's disease is preventable

According to new research results, more than half of all Alzheimer's cases can be prevented, through a combination of treatment and lifestyle changes in the early stages…

December 14, 2018
Testosterone and memory impairment
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Testosterone and memory impairment

We keep thinking that testosterone affects the reproductive system, making these 'agencies' grow and fulfill their reproductive obligations. Unexpectedly, it works almos…

December 14, 2018
Why is the older the better the memory?
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Why is the older the better the memory?

When age is high, people face a reality, that is, memory becomes more and more difficult. However, a question is not everyone answered clearly that, why, the older the m…

December 14, 2018
Blood tests can detect Alzheimer's disease
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Blood tests can detect Alzheimer's disease

Scientists at McGill University Medical Research Institute (MUHC), based in Montreal (Canada), have found a simple blood test that can identify Alzheimer's disease early.

December 14, 2018
Brain shrinks before finding Alzheimer's disease
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Brain shrinks before finding Alzheimer's disease

Brain scans in healthy people show that the signs of brain shrinking in the affected areas of Alzheimer's disease have appeared nearly 10 years before the disease was di…

December 14, 2018
Is Alzheimer's genetic?
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Is Alzheimer's genetic?

There is growing scientific evidence that if a parent has Alzheimer's disease, their children will be at higher risk.

December 14, 2018
Top 10 medical breakthroughs in 2010
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Top 10 medical breakthroughs in 2010

Anti-AIDS drugs reduce the risk of HIV infection, new artificial respiration without suffocation, successfully create artificial ovaries, ... among the medical breakthro…

December 14, 2018