A new study led by the University of Portsmouth has identified that one of the major factors of age-related brain deterioration is the loss of a substance called myelin. Myelin acts like the protective and insulating plastic casing around the electrical wires of the brain – called axons. Myelin is essential for superfast communication between […]
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New discovery for how the brain ‘tangles’ in Alzheimer’s Disease: University of Queensland researchers have discovered a new ‘seeding’ process in brain cells that could be a cause of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute dementia researcher Professor Jürgen Götz said the study revealed that tangled neurons, a hallmark sign of dementia, form in part by a […]
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Caregivers of people with dementia are facing new challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. This video provides practical advice to help them reduce their level of stress and to improve their mental health and well-being. The messages are extracted from iSupport, WHO’s knowledge and skills training programme for caregivers of people with dementia. […]
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A common consequence of chronically high alcohol consumption is a decline in cognitive function, which can even progress to full-blown dementia. However, we do not yet fully understand how alcohol damages the brain. A research group led by Stephan Listabarth from MedUni Vienna’s Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Division of Social Psychiatry, has now developed […]
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A new study published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease provides insight into the association of blood markers of diabetes with brain beta-amyloid accumulation among older people at risk of dementia. The results suggest a link between Alzheimer’s pathology, lower levels of insulin and lower insulin resistance. The deposition of beta-amyloid plaques in the brain […]
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Innovative multiple-organ devices for brain diseases – researcher Carmen Giordano has received two further grants totaling €280,000 for her work on the microbiota-gut-brain axis. They are called DIANA and PEGASO, the mythological ‘children’ of MINERVA (ERC 2016), the two projects, funded respectively under the recent Proof-of-Concept call of the ERC (European Research Council) and the Italian call MIUR […]
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The treatment and management of pain in people with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) can be a challenge due to problems in communication and uncommon symptoms of pain. Opioid painkillers are widely prescribed, but not without adverse effects. Finding the best course of treatment to alleviate pain in people with Alzheimer’s disease is a complex and multifaceted […]
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Regular readers of my blogs on this platform will know that I believe that aluminium has a role to play in Alzheimer’s disease (No aluminium, no Alzheimer’s disease). The research that finally affirmed this opinion showed very high levels of aluminium in brain tissue in individuals who died of familial Alzheimer’s disease (Aluminium in brain […]
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A study carried out with a new human stem cell-derived model reveals that the most prevalent genetic risk factor of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), apolipoprotein E4 (APOE4), impairs the function of human brain immune cells, microglia. These findings pave the way for new, effective treatment approaches for AD. The results were published in Stem Cell Reports. […]
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Rebecca Wallersteiner pours accolades on the dazzling ‘The Seedlip Garden’ by Dr Catherine MacDonald – a celebration of Modern and Apothecary – a Gold Medal Winner at The Chelsea Flower Show 2018 One special garden that particularly stood out for me at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower show was Dr Catherine MacDonald’s ‘The Seedlip Garden’ […]