This, the researchers believe, provides further evidence of a strong association between supine sleep and neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s spectrum disorder, and mild cogn ...

The medications used to treat mental decline in people with Alzheimer's disease are not particularly effective. When compared to a placebo, most people who take one will not experience a ...

Lewy Body Dementia is progressive, and causes uncontrollable tremors, problems with memory, attention, and sleep.

While Alzheimer’s disease is currently untreatable, the study says deep sleep can offer a prevention strategy. According to the study conducted by Monash University in Australia, people aged over 60 ...

The risk of getting dementia may go up as you get older if you don't get enough slow-wave sleep. Over-60s are 27 percent more ...

There are four medications approved in the UK to ease a person’s dementia symptoms, including memory and thinking problems: donepezil rivastigmine galantamine memantine. These treatments are only ...

There are also several drugs that have been trialled to improve sleep ... More research is needed to understand the mechanisms linking sleep-wake cycles and Alzheimer's disease. Sleep-disordered ...

Many, including Alzheimer's disease, are treatable. Others, such as depression, thyroid problems, severe nutritional deficiency, or medication interaction, may be reversible. Patients who are ...

The time of day when blood is taken can affect the results of tests for diagnosing dementia, according to new research led by ...

A biomedical engineering professor at UMass Amherst is leading a study to help find biomarkers for the cognitive disease, ...

Anxiety and depression are significant risk factors for AD, and conversely, AD increases the likelihood of developing these psychiatric conditions. A systematic review of 14,760 studies showed ...