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Social media and virtual interactions have made staying in touch with family, friends, and even work colleagues easier than it's ever been. All it takes is a handful of words or a few minutes of virtual communication via a computer-generated platform. But while it may be quick, easy, and convenient to interact online with loved [...]
The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research has awarded AI software developer Icometrix a grant to continue exploratory work into brain biomarkers for the disease. The grant from the foundation, set up by the Back to the Future actor following his early onset Parkinson's disease diagnosis in 1991 at the age of just 29, [...]
British-based fitness coach Joe Wicks has joined forces with the NHS to release a dedicated exercise video for people with Parkinson’s disease. The 20-minute video is available free online. It is hoped it will have a positive impact on those suffering from the progressive neurological condition, whose main symptoms include slow movement, stiffness, and tremors. [...]
A more sensitive, less bulky, knitted circuit-embedded knee wearable for wireless sensing of joint movement in real-time has been developed which could highlight early mobility issues - potentially preventing or delaying functional decline. The stretchable knee wearable has been designed by a team from the Singapore University of Technology and Design, and if commercialised could [...]
Scientists have moved a step closer to genetically personalised prostate cancer screening. The most common assessment test for the cancer, which mainly affects men over the age of 50, is prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening which often erroneously indicates signs of the disease. But a joint team at UC San Francisco and Stanford University, both in [...]
An early clinical trial has shown that the Parkinson's drug ropinirole is safe to use in patients with the fatal motor neurone disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and delayed disease progression by an average of 27.9 weeks. ALS causes people to gradually lose control of their muscles and while the disease can strike at any time [...]
Scientists have identified five subtypes of heart failure that could potentially be used to predict future risk for individual patients. The experts at the University College of London (UCL) in the UK used artificial intelligence (AI) tools to uncover the five distinct subtypes. They have also developed an app that could be used by clinicians [...]
A flavanol-rich diet could be the key to helping tackle age-related memory loss. A large-scale study has shown that participants who had a poor diet at the start of a three-year trial and who consumed 500mg of flavanol a day in supplement form, showed improved memory function. The research, published in the journal Proceedings of [...]
A fulfilling sex life in middle age could help reduce the risk of memory decline in later years. A study led by scientists at Penn State University in Pennsylvania in the US tracked the correlation between erectile dysfunction, sexual satisfaction, and cognition in hundreds of men aged between 56 and 68. It found that declines [...]
