'Alzheimer's Gene' Affects Even Healthy Seniors
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MONDAY, Jan. 24 (HealthDayNews) -- Even if they're healthy, older people with the higher-risk genotype for Alzheimer's disease can suffer major problems with prospective memory -- the ability to remember what they need to do in the future, such as take medications or make a doctor's appointment, a new study says.
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CHICAGO - Walking regularly at age 70 and beyond can help keep the mind sharp and ward off Alzheimer's disease, according to research suggesting that what is good for the heart is also good for the brain.    Some previous studies found that physical activity might stave off mental decline...
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The results of a new study  support a number of previous studies that have shown that  staying mentally active reduces the risk of developing  Alzheimer&#39;s disease and the mild impairments that precede the  condition.
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TUESDAY, Sept. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists may have found a new cause of Alzheimer's disease symptoms.
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TUESDAY, May 29 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have zeroed in on blood biomarkers that could someday help doctors predict who&#39;s at risk for Alzheimer&#39;s disease. They might even help guide treatment, the U.S. researchers added.
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About 800 older Americans will be asked to lend their brains to science this spring, part of a major government study to track early Alzheimer's disease.
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NEW YORK  - Elderly people with diabetes have an increased risk of dementia, especially so-called vascular dementia, according to new data from an ongoing Swedish study.
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Now a team of researchers has found that severe emotional distress - like that caused by divorce, the loss of a job, or caring for an ill child or parent - may speed up the aging of the body&#39;s cells at the genetic level.
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Walking may protect the elderly from developing dementia, research suggests.
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Obesity in middle age may be a risk factor or weight loss may precedes dementiaâs onset.
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USA - People with mild Alzheimerâs disease make more mistakes on a driving test than older people with no cognitive problems, according to a study published in the September 14 issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of
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One single change in inherited DNA can put people at a heightened risk of heart disease and strokes, according to new research. Richard Lifton and his colleagues at Yale University school of medicine report
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Just a few minutes of moderate daily exercise may stave off the signs of dementia in the elderly, a new study suggests
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Though Alzheimerâs disease seems to suddenly strike in old age, scientists think it begins long before symptoms occur.
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NEW YORK  - People who have a tendency to  worry or feel very stressed out may be more likely to develop  Alzheimer's disease later in life, new research reports.
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Science & environment: Scientists home in on secrets of longevity in study of pensioners who live to 90 and beyond
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TUESDAY, Nov. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Alzheimer's disease may progress faster in patients with high blood pressure or a type of irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation, a new study found.