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Having both diabetes and tooth loss contributes to worse cognitive function and faster cognitive decline in older adults, according to a new study. Diabetes is a known risk factor for cognitive decline and dementia. Several of the hallmarks of diabetes—high blood sugar, insulin resistance, inflammation, and related heart disease—are thought to contribute to changes in [...]
Researchers have developed a highly-accurate blood test that can detect Alzheimer’s disease up to 10 years before symptoms arise. A team of researchers from Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine (SOM) and Durin Technologies, have announced the results of a newly-designed blood test that can detect the presence of Alzheimer's disease-related pathology up to 10 years [...]
A new poll shows three years after the pandemic, one in three older adults still experience loneliness, isolation and lack of social contact. One in three people between the ages of 50 and 80 say they sometimes or often experienced these feelings, or sometimes go a week or longer without social contact with someone from [...]
People who have symptoms of depression may have an increased risk of having a stroke, according to a new study published this month. Researchers also found that people with symptoms of depression were more likely to have worse recovery after a stroke. The study involved 26,877 adults from the INTERSTROKE study and included people from [...]
A leading eye surgeon is warning that two million people are at risk of losing their vision to a condition often dubbed the ‘silent thief of sight’. As part of World Glaucoma Week (March 12-18), Newmedica ophthalmologist Mr Velota Sung is highlighting the dangers of glaucoma – the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide – [...]
The National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR) has invested nearly £11m of funding to develop new digital approaches for the early detection and diagnosis of dementia. The funding will also help to identify people most at risk of developing the condition, which affects nearly one million people across the UK. Dementia has become [...]
Dementia in India may be higher than previous estimates have suggested and could be more in line with prevalence rates in the US and the UK, according to a new study. In the first study of its kind, researchers from the University of Surrey, University of Southern California, University of Michigan, and All India Institute [...]
Health Gauge has successfully completed a blood pressure validation study on its AI-powered wearable health monitoring device. AI/ML Innovations Inc, has reported that its subsidiary, Health Gauge Inc, has successfully completed a blood pressure validation study on its wearable health monitoring solution, the Phoenix. Health Gauge’s personal health monitoring and management system combines wearable health [...]
Researchers have developed a deep learning–based method which can accurately detect Alzheimer’s disease based on routinely collected clinical brain images. A team at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has recently developed an accurate method for detection that relies on routinely collected clinical brain images, an advance that could lead to more accurate diagnoses. For the study, [...]
New digital communication tools dramatically increase the prescribing rates of a life-saving heart failure medication, a new study shows. An automated system that flags which patients would most benefit from an underused yet life-saving cardiology drug more than doubled new prescriptions, according to a pilot programme test by researchers at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. [...]
