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Washington [USA], actress Gena Rowlands, famous for her role as the older Allie in 'The Notebook', has revealed her five-year battle with Alzheimer's disease.The revelation, shared by her son Nick Cassavetes, who directed the film, sheds light on a touching journey parallel to the struggles of...

Jacksonville (Florida) [USA] USA], The network of blood channels and tissues known as the blood-brain barrier, which nourishes and protects the brain from dangerous chemicals flowing in the blood, is compromised in Alzheimer's disease.Mayo Clinic researchers and their partners have discovered...

New Delhi, A new artificial intelligence-based model could predict the onset of Alzheimer's disease by analyzing an individual's speech, developers said.According to the researchers, trained with audio recordings of patients with mild cognitive impairment (early stages of memory loss), the...

Alzheimer's is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder, which constitutes a serious public health problem.It leads to memory loss, cognitive decline, and inability to perform daily tasks.Experts explained that obesity and smoking are the main risk factors for vascular dementia and can...

New Delhi, A new study has provided genetic evidence linking a common condition of the brain's blood vessels to dementia and Alzheimer's disease.Known as white matter hyperintensity (WMH), the condition characterized by lesions in the brain, is a common feature of brain small vessel disease...

Edinburgh, Imagine a future where the smell of menthol could ease some of the worst symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. It may sound like science fiction, but exciting new research is making it a possible reality.Scientists have discovered that when rats suffering from Alzheimer's sniffed...

Sheffield, Two people suffering from Alzheimer's claim to have overcome the disease through simple lifestyle changes.Dementia and Alzheimer's have been one of the leading killers in the UK for the last ten years, accounting for 11.4% of deaths in 2022. Although new drugs can slow the...

Researchers at Queen Mary University of London said the new test is 80 percent more accurate than commonly used methods such as memory tests or measurements of brain shrinkage.The test is based on the analysis of functional MRI (fMRI) scans and detects changes in the brain's 'default mode...

A recent study led by the Molecular and Cellular Neurobiotechnology Group at the Institute for Bioengineering o Catalonia (IBEC) and the University of Barcelona, ​​Barcelona [Spain], has discovered a new biomarker for the symptom-free stages of Alzheimer's disease. The molecule is called MIR...

New Delhi: Almost all people over the age of 65 who have two copies of the Alzheimer's risk gene - APOE4 - in their brain display biological signs of the disease in their cerebrospinal fluid and brain scans, according to a research.Cerebrospinal fluid is a clear fluid produced in the brain...

Diseases such as Alzheimer's and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) are thought to occur with the abnormal buildup of proteins in neurons.However, according to the study published in the journal eLife, the reason behind this accumulation remains unknown.The team, led by Kanae Ando...

Los Angeles [US], One should never forget their roots - that's what actor Chris Hemsworth definitely believes. The 'Extraction' star recently visited the remote Australian community where he lived as a child Sunday. Chris wrote on Instagram and posted several photos on Instagram from his recent...