Congress to look at head injuries in NFL

The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee says he will hold hearings on head injuries among NFL players.

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Brain-donor Tatupu not fazed by NFL dementia study

Lofa Tatupu has had multiple concussions. He's one of the first three active NFL players who have agreed to donate their brains for research after death.

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Ex-NFL players report higher rates of dementia

Retired professional football players may have a higher rate than normal of Alzheimer's disease or other memory problems, suggests a preliminary study that provides more fuel for concerns about long-term risk of concussions.

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UK study: Postponing retirement may delay dementia

Working a few years beyond retirement could help stave off Alzheimer's disease, according to a new British study published Monday.

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Chargers owner Spanos says he has dementia

Billionaire developer and San Diego Chargers owner Alex Spanos has announced in a letter that he suffers from dementia.

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Ginkgo fails to prevent Alzheimer's in large study

The dietary supplement ginkgo, long promoted as an aid to memory, didn't help prevent dementia and Alzheimer's disease in the longest and largest test of the extract in older Americans. "We don't think it has a future as a powerful anti-dementia drug," said Dr. Steven DeKosky of the University of Virginia School of Medicine, who led the federally funded study.

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FDA: Older psych drugs have fatal risks in seniors

The Food and Drug Administration warned doctors Monday that prescribing a certain group of psychiatric drugs to seniors suffering from dementia can increase their risk of death.

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Big Belly Boosts Risk of Later Dementia

Having a big belly in your 40s can boost your risk of getting Alzheimer's disease or other dementia decades later, a new study suggests.

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Bulging belly now could mean dementia later

People with a bulging waistline in mid-life could face a higher risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s in the senior years, a new study shows.

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Study Suggests Antibiotics Are Overused

A woman dying of Alzheimer's has a fever. Should she be given antibiotics? Many people would say yes. But a provocative new study suggests that antibiotics are overused in people dying of dementia diseases and should be considered more carefully because of the growing problem of drug-resistant superbugs.

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Bilingualism delays onset of dementia

People who are fully bilingual and speak both languages every day for most of their lives can delay the onset of dementia by up to four years compared with those who only know one language, Canadian scientists said on Friday.

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Semantic memory pinpointed in the brain

The part of the brain responsible for the way we understand words, meanings and concepts has been revealed as the anterior temporal lobe – a region just in front of the ears.

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As many as many as 144,000 people suffering from dementia are being given anti-psychotic drugs unnecessarily, according to a review ordered by the Department of Health.

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Wilson Smith met a nice woman in Las Vegas. They spent two days together, it seems, before Smith, in town for only a short visit, headed to a high school reunion and then back home to California — and his new friend started calling.

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Older people can boost their brain activity by performing simple online searches, according to a study that suggests the web could be used in the fight against mental decline.

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Fifty-three million cases of Alzheimers disease world-wide and over five million in the United States. An active and curious mind, a healthy diet and routine exercise could prevent it. There is no known cure for this degenerative disease.

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In a study that appears in the September issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, a group of 2,606 participants (48% women) just over 74 years on average, specifically screened for declining cognition and dementia, investigators found that each year of increasing age  …

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Because cholinesterase inhibitors are associated with only marginal improvement in cognition and global functioning, the researchers said, recent guidelines suggest this class of drugs should not be the standard of care for patients with dementia.

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EXCERPT: For three weeks in April, I led a scientific expedition to Ikaria to investigate the reasons for the islanders' remarkable longevity.

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"With the right investment, dementia can be defeated."

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The number of people with dementia and Alzheimer's disease is soaring around the world and will nearly double in the next 20 years, according to a report published today.

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The dementia affecting hundreds of thousands of Britons may be a legacy of the Second World War, a scientist has claimed. Research presented at a conference in York yesterday suggested that traumatic stress can trigger Alzheimer's and other conditions.

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A blueberry smoothie at breakfast can stop your powers of concentration waning in the afternoon - and even help fight dementia in the long term, new research suggests.

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86-year-old man suffering from dementia shoots daughter

An 86-year-old Florida man suffering from dementia accidentally shot and killed his daughter, Kurnetta Ezell Saturday.

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Call it intimacy or sexuality, but the giving and receiving of affection, affirmation, pleasure is a needed legacy no matter what our age, mental or physical ability, marital status, sexual orientation or gender identity.

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The belief that healthy older brains are substantially smaller than younger brains may stem from studies that did not screen out people whose undetected, slowly developing brain disease was killing off cells in key areas, according to new research.

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In late July, President Obama recounted a letter from a woman who told him, "I don't want government-run health care, I don't want socialized medicine, and don't touch my Medicare." The president chuckled. "That's what Medicare is," he protested at an AARP town hall.

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High blood pressure is linked to memory problems in people over 45, according to research published in the August 25, 2009, print issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

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Drinking moderate amounts of alcohol later in life may prevent the development of dementia, according to new research by the Australian National University.

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BRAIN regions key to cognition are smaller in older people who are obese compared with their leaner peers, making their brains look up to 16 years older than their true age.

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A radical approach to dementia care has been invented by a grandmother who has no medical training. Now the professionals are taking notice

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A 65-year-old women goes into the hospital for routine hip surgery. Six months later, she develops memory loss and is later diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease. Just a coincidence? Researchers at the University of South Florida and Vanderbilt University don't think so.

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Research has found that people aged over 65 who sleep more than eight or nine hours a night may be twice as likely to develop the deadly condition as those getting six to eight hours.

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Way To Go!

We all know that Obama is dead set against medical care for a savable aborted baby. Now Obama and company have revealed that they are opposed to full medical care for the elderly. They have also proposed a procedure to fill out forms every five years after the age of 65.

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Doing crossword puzzles, reading, and playing cards daily may delay the rapid memory decline that occurs if people develop dementia, according to a U.S. study.

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A glass of wine here, a nightcap there - new research out of Wake Forest University School of Medicine suggests that moderate alcohol intake offers long-term cognitive protection and reduces the risk of dementia in older adults.

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Drinking two strong cups of coffee a day could keep Alzheimer's disease at bay - and may even reverse some of its symptoms, a study suggests. Researchers have uncovered evidence that caffeine not only helps to stave off dementia, but can also treat it.

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