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AI could be used to predict whether a person will develop Alzheimer’s-associated dementia by simply analysing their speech, scientists believe. Researchers at Boston University are exploring how analysis of speech patterns via a machine learning model could detect with a high degree of accuracy whether someone with mild cognitive impairment will develop Alzheimer’s-associated dementia within [...]
Dementia risk factors associated with cardiovascular health may have increased over time compared to factors such as smoking and having less education, new analysis suggests. A UCL study has explored how the prevalence of dementia risk factors had changed over time and how this could impact rates of dementia in the future. There has been [...]
The sheer scale of undiagnosed heart valve disease in the UK's ageing population has been revealed in a new study. More than a quarter of healthy and symptom-free over 60s examined by the University of East Anglia were found to have previously undetected heart valve disease. Co-lead author Vassilios Vassiliou, Clinical Professor of Cardiac Medicine [...]
Findings from a new study suggest that changes to the gut microbiome play a role in the systemwide inflammation that often occurs with ageing. When scientists transplanted the gut microbes of aged mice into young “germ-free” mice — raised to have no gut microbes of their own — the recipient mice experienced an increase in [...]
A study conducted at the University of São Paulo with 23 volunteers found that aerobic exercise performed in the evening benefits elderly hypertensives more than morning exercise. Aerobic training is known to regulate blood pressure more effectively when practiced in the evening than in the morning. Researchers who conducted a study of elderly patients at [...]
A new hybrid nanotube stamp system has been developed which revolutionises precision medicine with high efficiency and cell viability rates for cancer treatment. Precision medicine and targeted therapies are gaining traction for their ability to tailor treatments to individual patients while minimising adverse effects. Conventional methods, such as gene transfer techniques, show promise in delivering [...]
Researchers from the University of California, Irvine have found evidence of the molecular causes of the damaging impact heat stress causes on the gut, liver and brain in the elderly. The researchers suggest these findings point to the potential of developing precise prognostic and therapeutic interventions. These organs have a complex and multidirectional communication system [...]
A research team from the Department of Cellular, Computational and Integrative Biology - Cibio of UniTrento recently launched two European studies funded by the Horizon Europe - EIC Pathfinder Open programme that aim to investigate how to fight cancer with artificial cells that are capable of detecting and treating it. The two studies have a [...]
A new study using American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program data has revealed that both frailty and the type of surgical procedure a patient has can impact postoperative outcomes among elderly patients, but that procedure type and its risk level has a greater effect. Frailty is a well-established predictor of complications and [...]
Alzheimer's experts behind the new Alzheimer’s Prevention Day on May 15 share provide an update on the current picture for Alzheimer's treatment. Everybody wants a cure for Alzheimer’s. The medical industry has spent around $100 billion searching for one and, so far, come up relatively empty-handed with over thirty failed drug trials. Yet a simple [...]
