Search Tag: Alzheimer’s disease
2016 31 Oct
A study published in the journal Oncotarget raises concerns that high levels of radiation may increase one’s chance of developing Alzheimer’s disease. Increasing numbers of people of all ages are exposed to ionising radiation from a variety of sources, e.g. airline travel, nuclear technologies, medical diagnostics and therapeutic radiology....Read more
2016 04 Oct
Tau PET images accurately correspond to actual changes in the brain, a case study from Lund University, Sweden now confirms. The new promising imaging technique for Alzheimer’s disease and other tauopathies does not only provide an accurate diagnostic tool as compared to other routinely used techniques but also opens up possibilities for the development...Read more