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The study shows that atherosclerosis and its associated risk factors, the main cause of cardiovascular disease, are also implicated in the cerebral alterations typically found in Alzheimer’s disease.
The trial, led by a team at the University College London, represents the first time that a "gene silencing" approach has been taken in dementia and Alzheimer's disease.
Researchers have been working tirelessly to develop innovative solutions for early Alzheimer's detection and prominent among research is the development of blood-based biomarker tests.
The man belongs to the same family of which 6,000 family members carry the gene presenilin-1, or PSEN1 - commonly known to raise the risk of Alzheimer's.
A research team from the US National Institutes of Health discovered several structural variants that could be risk factors to Lewy body dementia and frontotemporal dementia.
Caregiver stress. is a condition that many caregivers who take care of Alzheimer’s patients can relate to.
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of this though there are other conditions that can also lead to dementia.
Even when the disease is recognized it is often difficult to accept it, says Dr. Robert Mathew, former Professor of Neurology at Alappuzha Medical College and National President, ARDSI.
Dementia cannot be prevented. But there are certain things that people can follow to delay the onset of the condition.
Kerala's only full-time dementia care centre at Edavanakadu in Ernakulam cares for around 15 Alzheimer's patients who live in their own dream world.