Search Tag: Alzheimer's
Sensors in Everyday Objects for Dementia Care
2019 26 Aug
Summary: The past, present & future of dementia care using sensors in everyday life objects through four use cases from research labs to large-scale pilots & adoption by pharmaceutical companies. Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder. It is the main cause of dementia, a syndrome defined by loss of cognitive... Read more
BREAKING NEWS: MRI measures brain function in milliseconds
2019 17 Apr
MRI elastography: ground-breaking new way to see extremely fast neuronal activity in the brain It is magnificent how fast the human brain operates. In a fraction of a second our neurons are activated, creating thoughts and reactions to stimuli. The speed at which radiologists can non-invasively follow brain function using MRI , however, is... Read more
PET method discriminates Alzheimer's from other brain disorders
2018 20 Sep
New research finds that, among patients with established diagnoses at a memory disorder clinic, [18F]flortaucipir positron emission tomography (PET) was able to discriminate Alzheimer's disease from other neurodegenerative diseases. The accuracy and potential utility of this test in patient care require further research in clinically more representative... Read more
Shaping the future of dementia care
2018 21 Aug
Re-examining approaches for dementia management. The potential of applying integrated pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments for the care of people living with dementia. Dementia is a mental state used to denote severe cognitive impairment which impacts daily activities and life. Alzheimer’s disease is one of the most common... Read more
PET Imaging With Tracer Can Detect Early Alzheimer’s
2016 31 May
The effort to find ways to detect and diagnose preclinical Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has taken a big step forward with the use of positron emission tomography (PET), a “nuclear medicine” for imaging processes in the body, when PET is used with a special ‘tracer’ that binds to the amyloid plaques in the brain that are a characteristic cause of... Read more
Current Screening Misses Early Dementia Diagnosis
2016 24 May
While changes in cognitive abilities may not be severe enough to disrupt daily life, a clinical diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) indicates an increased risk of eventually developing Alzheimer’s disease or another type of dementia. In a paper published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease , researchers at University of California... Read more
Brain Imaging Links Alzheimer’s Decline to Tau Protein
2016 16 May
A buildup of plaque and dysfunctional proteins in the brain are hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease. While much Alzheimer’s research has focused on accumulation of the protein amyloid beta, researchers have begun to pay closer attention to another protein, tau, long associated with this disease but not studied as thoroughly, in part, because scientists... Read more
Researchers To Study Why 50% of Italian Village Are Centenarians
2016 31 Mar
300 People Have Low Rates of Heart Disease and Alzheimer’s Researchers in the United States and Italy have teamed up to study the lifestyle and daily diet of a group of 300 centenarians (all over 100 years old), living in the remote Italian village of Acciaroli on the country’s south western coast. The average life expectancy in the... Read more
Antibody gives better diagnosis of Alzheimer’s than imaging with tracers
2016 22 Feb
Researchers in Sweden have found that an antibody gives more exact information than regular radioactive tracers used in PET brain scans, which could lead to more effective diagnosis of early onset Alzheimer’s disease and improvements in monitoring the effects of medication. Counting over 100,000 people, Alzheimer’s is the most common dementia... Read more
Fighting the Rising Tide of Dementia
2014 08 Nov
Authors Prof. Karl A. Stroetmann empirica Communication & Technology Research Bonn, Germany School of Health Information Science University of Victoria, BC, Canada Dr. Rainer Thiel empirica Communication & Technology Research Bonn, Germany [email protected] Dr. Veli Stroetmann ,... Read more