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Applying painless but targeted electrical stimulation to parts of the brain that play a role in number manipulation may in...
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Brain work-outs may help preserve mental function
A review of the best evidence for interventions to prevent declining brain power finds that only one - mental exercise -...
Study finds gene that may raise Alzheimer's risk in blacks
The largest study to date looking for genetic causes of Alzheimer's in African Americans may offer new clues about why blacks...
To crack brain's code, a search for visionaries
To crack the code of the human brain, Cori Bargmann figures it's best to keep an open mind. As one of two leaders of a scientific...
Obama launches initiative to study human brain
The White House unveiled details on Tuesday of a new initiative to study the human brain with the goal of creating effective...
Should science on brain injury inspire boxing ban?
When Ireland's Katie Taylor was taking hits and striking blows for boxing's Olympic debut in an east London ring last year,...
U.S. deaths from Alzheimer's growing, data shows
Deaths and the risk of dying from Alzheimer's disease have risen significantly in the United States during the last decade,...
FDA outlines path to test Alzheimer's drugs earlier
Proposed U.S. guidelines may make it easier for drug companies to test Alzheimer's treatments in people at an earlier stage,...
Alzheimer's to triple by 2050 as baby boomers age
The number of U.S. residents aged 65 and older living with Alzheimer's disease is expected to nearly triple to 13.8 million...
Alzheimer's and Parkinson's not contagious: study
Despite concerns that faulty brain proteins could be transferred from person to person by treatments involving human fluids...
U.S. Medicare panel skeptical of brain-plaque scans
A Medicare advisory panel expressed skepticism on Wednesday that radioactive imaging agents like Eli Lilly and Co's Amyvid...
Pig proteins may help dementia patients: study
A drug containing purified brain proteins derived from pigs may yield modest improvements in patients whose dementia is caused...
Scientists win brain disease, graphene funds
The European Commission will award a total of 2 billion euros for research into brain disease and into the "miracle material"...
Mediterranean diet may not protect the aging brain
Despite hopes that a Mediterranean-style diet would be as good for the head as it is for the heart, a new study among French...
Lilly likens Alzheimer's race to 1920s insulin quest
Drugmaker Eli Lilly & Co is confident it will do for Alzheimer's patients what it did almost a century ago for diabetics...
Vitamin D, calcium disappoint in dementia study
Vitamin D and calcium supplements taken together in low doses offered no protection against dementia in a large U.S. study...
CORRECTION: Lilly tests therapy to rid brain plaques in mice with Alzheimer's
Drugmaker Eli Lilly & Co said it may have found a way to remove plaque from the brains of forgetful, old mice using an experimental...
Lilly tests therapy to rid brain plaques in mice with Alzheimer's
Drugmaker Eli Lilly & Co said it may have found a way to remove plaque from the brains of forgetful, old mice using an experimental...
Scientists identify new risk gene for Alzheimer's
Two international teams of scientists have identified a rare mutation in a gene linked with inflammation that significantly...
CORRECTION: Israeli medical device offers Alzheimer's treatment
Israel-based Neuronix, which has developed a non-invasive medical device to help to treat Alzheimer's disease, expects the...
[SCIE] - AstraZeneca deepens collaboration with academia
British academic researchers have secured 7 million pounds ($11 million) of funding from the country's Medical Research Council...
Israeli medical device offers Alzheimer's treatment
Israel-based Neuronix, which has developed a non-invasive medical device to help to treat Alzheimer's disease, expects the...
Roche, Lilly drugs set for Alzheimer's prevention trial
Experimental Alzheimer's drugs from Roche Holding AG and Eli Lilly & Co have been selected for a high-profile clinical trial...
UK, Japan stem cell scientists awarded Nobel
Scientists from Britain and Japan shared a Nobel Prize on Monday for the discovery that adult cells can be transformed back...
Down syndrome may hold key to new Alzheimer's treatments
In a new lead on Alzheimer's research, Johnson & Johnson is bankrolling a three-year pilot study of people with Down syndrome...
Roche ramps up Alzheimer's drug trial as rivals stumble
Roche Holding AG believes it has moved into pole position in the race to develop an Alzheimer's drug that can change the...
REFILE: Dental health linked to dementia risk
People who keep their teeth and gums healthy with regular brushing may have a lower risk of developing dementia later in...
Failed Alzheimer's drug may get second chance
Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson's Alzheimer's drug failed to help patients showing early signs of the disease, but it could...
Alzheimer's drug fails late-stage clinical trial
Pfizer Inc and Johnson & Johnson said they were scrapping further studies of one of the most anticipated experimental Alzheimer's...
Hormone boosts mental function in small study
A small U.S. study suggests daily hormone injections may boost mental agility in older people with and without mild cognitive...
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