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A new twist on a drug used to treat alcohol use disorder could double up as a treatment for stroke. Carb - short for Carbamathione - is a new formulation designed to treat ischemic stroke, protect brain tissue against injury and minimise the size of localised brain damage. About 87% of all strokes are caused [...]
Treating high blood pressure in young and middle-aged adults could help prevent later life dementia and Alzheimer’s, a new study suggests. Research published by UC Davis in JAMA Network Open, a monthly open access medical journal produced by the American Medical Association, reveals that hypertension in your 30s is associated with worse brain health around [...]
More needs to be done to recruit older people in clinical trials, a leading geriatrician argues. Professor Miles Witham, who is the co-theme lead for Ageing, Sarcopenia and Multimorbidity at the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Newcastle’s Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), says it is vital older people are included in trials to [...]
Veteran singer Tony Christie is recording a new song as a thank you for carers across the UK in the wake of his dementia diagnosis. The 79-year-old who announced in January this year that he had been diagnosed with dementia, has unveiled plans to record Thank You For Being a Friend on behalf of the [...]
A seven-figure funding boost to further develop a prostate cancer test could help save thousands of lives, its developers say. Despite being the most common malignancy other than skin cancer diagnosed in men, prostate cancer survival rates have improved little in the past four decades. But UK-based biotech firm Nanovery is hoping to turn the [...]
US biotech Alzamend Neuro has started a first of its kind phase 1/2a trial of an immunotherapy vaccine aimed at helping patients suffering with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s dementia fight the disease. The first-in-human, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised parallel group trial will enlist 20-30 participants to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of the vaccine, known as ALZN002, [...]
Alzheimer’s experts have given a cautious welcome to an innovative study that showed an easing of cognitive impairment in rodents through the use of deep brain stimulation. An estimated 32 million people globally suffer from Alzheimer’s disease, for which there is currently no cure. The most common form of dementia, it is a progressive, life-limiting [...]
It may sound too good to be true, but a new study conducted in the US has shown it’s possible to reverse the body’s biological clock in as little as two months with diet and lifestyle changes. Five women following a tailored ‘longevity’ diet and lifestyle programme saw their biological age reduced by up to [...]
A philanthropic venture dedicated to speeding-up the discovery of drugs to prevent, treat, and cure Alzheimer’s and other dementias, has received a $200m boost from the billionaire family of the late beauty mogul Estee Lauder. Ms Lauder’s sons, along with four of her grandchildren, have pledged the money to the non-profit Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation [...]
Space was famously seen as the final frontier as the crew of the USS Enterprise boldly went where no man had gone before. Now UK scientists are looking to extend the boundaries of their knowledge as they reach for the stars in a bid to answer the enduring question of why people’s muscles deteriorate as [...]
