Topic: Dementia

Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2010-02-03 12:43:16

LONDON (Reuters) - Dementia costs Britain 23 billion pounds ($37 billion) a year, more than cancer and heart disease combined, and the number of sufferers is expected to rise nearly 20 percent to over a million by 2025, experts said Wednesday. A study for the Alzheimer's Research Trust (ART) by Oxford University researchers found that the cost of caring for ...

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Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2010-02-01 20:21:37

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men with impaired brain function may be at higher risk of suffering a stroke, even if these impairments are quite minor, a new study published today in the journal Neurology hints. Several studies have suggested a link between seriously impaired cognitive function and stroke, Dr. Bernice Wiberg of Uppsala University in Sweden and her colleagues note ...

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AP News | 2010-01-26 07:03:00
HEALTHBEAT: Study will put to test growing evidence linking high blood pressure to dementia

If the cardiologist's warnings don't scare you, consider this: Controlling blood pressure just might be the best protection yet known against dementia. In a flurry of new research, scientists scanned people's brains to show hypertension fuels a kind of scarring linked to later ...

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Reuters US Online Report Health News | 2010-01-15 20:59:13

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Two new studies provide more evidence that regular aerobic exercise not only staves off the problems with thinking and memory that often come with age, but it can actually help turn back the clock on brain aging. In one study, researchers found evidence that engaging in moderate physical activity such as brisk walking, swimming, or yoga ...

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4 Reasons to Eat Peanut Butter

Men's Health | 2010-02-08 16:52:38

Stop dementia with Mediterranean diet?

CNN | 2010-02-08 16:31:27

Alzheimer's drug Dimebon helps Huntington's - study

Reuters, UK | 2010-02-08 16:08:41

Memories Never Go Away, New Study Suggests

Huffington Post | 2010-02-08 15:33:26

U of R receives gift for Alzheimer’s research

NBC 10 Rochester (KHEC) | 2010-02-08 15:07:54

Blood Pressure Linked To Dementia

Sci-Tech Today | 2010-02-08 14:10:13

A Modest Literature Proposal

In the Pipeline | 2010-02-03 12:31:10

Indian region is 'beating' dementia

BBC Video World | 2010-02-03 12:44:01

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