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Why Alzheimer’s Is a Woman’s Disease

...It can alter the activity or inactivity of a person’s genes — including, presumably, those linked to risk of Alzheimer’s disease. Whatever the exact relationship between stress and Alzheimer’s disease,...

By Liesl Goecker

Finally, We Have Biological Clues About Women’s Higher Alzheimer’s Disease Risk

...progression of Alzheimer’s. In what was dubbed as the “largest-ever Alzheimer’s gene study” with more than 94,000 participants, the researchers found sex-specific genetic associations with Alzheimer’s for 11 different genes,...

By Pallavi Prasad

In Major Breakthrough, Scientists Identify Brain Cells Most Vulnerable to Alzheimer’s Degeneration

...resilience against Alzheimer’s and aid diagnosis in the disease’s early years, when symptoms have not yet appeared. Scientists already know how Alzheimer’s manifests in the brain — in the form...

Exposure to Chronic Stress Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease, Research Shows

...— may adversely affect one’s cognitive abilities, leading to an increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. Moreover, Alzheimer’s disease has been shown to affect more women than men. With other...

By Devrupa Rakshit

Take A Breather

Increased Stress Hormone Levels Cause Cognitive Decline Linked To Alzheimer’s Disease

...than men. Therefore, this new finding could be another reason why women develop Alzheimer’s more than men. Research also cites other causes of the Alzheimer’s affecting women more, like women’s...

Modern Family: Explaining Alzheimer’s, Illness to Kids

...using her limelight to push for sensitivity to early-onset Alzheimer’s. “So many people with this illness feel isolated and marginalised,” she said. “The wonderful thing about movies is they make...

By Meher Marfatia

We May Soon Have A Blood Test That Can Detect Alzheimer’s Years Before Symptoms Appear

...test can detect Alzheimer’s in early stages, possibly years before symptoms appear, which has been a longtime goal for Alzheimer’s and dementia researchers. Alzheimer’s is a fast-moving, aggressive disease that...

Taking Alzheimer's Hard On

Viagra May Help Treat Alzheimer’s Disease, Suggests Study

...process and bring about life-changing dementia treatments sooner.” Related on The Swaddle: Scientists Develop Test To Predict Who Can Develop Alzheimer’s Notably, Alzheimer’s treatments have baffled scientists. The diagnosis, treatment,...

By Saumya Kalia

Scientists Develop Test To Predict Who Can Develop Alzheimer’s

...by a team of Swedish researchers compared how different biomarkers for Alzheimer’s fare in predicting the risk and progression of the disease. “There’s been a rapid development of different Alzheimer’s...

By Devrupa Rakshit

What It’s Like To Live With: A Mother With Alzheimer’s

...has been an Alzheimer’s patient for about seven years now. My son is now 10. I mention him for two reasons: first, because there practically is no difference in the...

By Anubhuti Matta

Women Who Suffer From Migraines May Be More Likely to Develop Dementia

...those who developed Alzheimer’s were more than four times more likely to have experienced migraine attacks in that time. Therefore, this current finding may be helpful in catching Alzheimer’s and...

By Anubhuti Matta

Menopause Changes Individual’s Brain Structure, New Study Finds

...risk of Alzheimer’s during this stage. “For women with a predisposition to Alzheimer’s disease, there’s a tendency for women’s brains to start accumulating Alzheimer’s plaques during the menopause transition,” Mosconi...

By Devrupa Rakshit

New Person Who This

Covid19 May Have Made People Shy, Moody, and Less Responsible: Study

...some research to show brain injuries and diseases, like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, change our brain anatomy, and by extension, a part of our personalities. In 1906, a researcher looked at...

By Saumya Kalia

Most People, Doctors Think Dementia a Normal Part of Aging; It’s Not

...no one wants to date a 58-year-old guy with Alzheimer’s.” Another participant added, “… my wife and I divorced due to my Alzheimer’s. Her decision.” And one more said, “I...

By Anubhuti Matta

The Long Good-bye

In India, Dementia Care Is Draining Families’ Resources, Stamina

...for his wife and primary caregiver, Punam. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia. According to the Alzheimer’s and Related Disorders Society of India’s (ARDSI) “Dementia India Strategy Report...

By Tarini Mehta

How Having a Good Listener Can Improve Brain Health

...diseases such as Alzheimer’s, the study shows. In other words, having a good listener in one’s life improves cognitive resilience — defined in the study as “the general capacity of...

By Rohitha Naraharisetty

Why Some Songs Become Special for Friends, Partners

...our minds even in older age and in the face of cognitive decline. Baird and Thompson in their research looked at people with dementia, which is associated with Alzheimer’s disease...

By Saumya Kalia

Women Need to Be at the Center of Debates About Legalizing Euthanasia

...Alzheimer’s, which erodes cognition, memory, and behavior. Alzheimer’s is arguably a woman’s disease, affecting more women than men and progressing in women at rates much quicker than in men. Related...

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