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How loss of sense of smell is related to the loss of memory

Around 47 million people around the world are living with dementia, with 4.1 million of them in India, according to a new report, which also found that nearly half of all p...

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The Slate Wiped Clean

As life spans increase in modern times, one of the consequent risks is age-related memory loss or dementia. Alzheimer’s Disease attacks the brain and slowly wipes the...

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"If You Are Not In The Obit, Eat Breakfast" Finds Vigour After 90

In this era full of baby boomers caring for frail parents, we’ve seen plenty of documentaries, plays and memoirs about dementia, infirmity, loss. But in the HBO docum...

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Common Blood Tests Can Help Predict Chronic Disease Risk

A score based on common blood tests may someday help people gauge their risk of developing a chronic disease like diabetes or dementia within three years of taking the test...

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Echoes of The Past

At the present, when Donald Trump’s America is flexing its racist muscles and angling for a possible war, David Baldacci’s new book, No Man’s Land critici...

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Confluence of Friends

Many people, especially women, maintain friendships over a period of time, and form a support system that sees them through life’s many ups and downs.

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Dementia Will Soon Be Controlled Just Like HIV, Says Research Institute

Alzheimer's may in some cases be as manageable as HIV/Aids by 2025, the head of Britain's new Dementia Research Institute (DRI) predicts. Professor Bart De Strooper said he...

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This Year's Nobel Prize Winner's Research Could Transform Cancer Treatment

Japanese scientist Yoshinori Ohsumi, 71, won the 2016 Nobel Prize on Monday for his research on autophagy ― a metabolic recycling process in which cells eat parts of them...

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Young Entrepreneur’s Simple Button Keeps People With Dementia From Wandering Off

After watching her own mother care for people with dementia for over 15 years, a young woman from London was inspired to create a device that would keep people living with ...

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US School Girls Develop App 'Pharm Alarm' To Help Alzheimer's, Dementia Patients

Six young school girls in the US are currently developing an app to help patients suffering from Alzheimer's and dementia, remember to take their medications.
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