A 30 million euro call for research in neurodegenerative disease was recently announced by the EU Joint Programme – Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND). The program will receive an additional 10 million in funding from the Horizon 2020 framework program for research and innovation of the European Union. Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and other…
The Neurodegeneration Medicines Acceleration Program (Neuro-MAP) led by MRC Technology is a non-profit organization that brings together promising drug projects for brain diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s that have stalled due to lack of support with funding organizations. Their goal is to revive these projects by helping scientists continue their…
According to a Caring.com report, 42 percent of family members taking care of Alzheimer’s or dementia family members spend upwards of $20,000 or more per year. These care-giving expenses include out-of-pocket costs for assisted living, medications, medical bills, professional in-home caregivers, products for incontinence, wandering products, transportation, and more. Of…
Home Instead Senior Care (Home Instead SC) recently joined healthcare leaders from G7 governments for a general discussion regarding the progress made in community-based patient care initiatives and education as part of the Global Action against Dementia Legacy program. Home Instead’s president Jeff Huber and Duskin Company Home Instead Division Manager …
In patients suffering from Alzheimer’s disease or dealing with the aftermath of a stroke, a lack of orientation — as if their inner perception of the world in which they always lived in just disappeared — is common. Researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine induced…
In a special issue of the Cell Press journal Neuron, experts debated the challenges associated with “translational neuroscience,” and the efforts that should be made to commercialize advances made in the laboratory so that patients can benefit from them. Despite the major advances that science is making in understanding…
A new study published in the journal Neuropharmacology revealed that drugs used to treat type 2 diabetes can actually help to reverse Alzheimer’s disease. According to Professor Christian Holscher of Lancaster University and the lead scientist of the study, drugs for type 2 diabetes were continuously tested in…
A study published in the British Journal of Psychiatry argues that people who are shorter have a higher risk of developing dementia — an increased risk that is particularly found in men. According to the study’s author, being short does not cause dementia, but how tall a person is could…
A recent study revealed the potential of a walnut-enriched diet to benefit brain-health. The animal study was published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease and details how a diet including walnuts may have positive effects against Alzheimer’s disease by reducing the risk of contracting the disease, delaying…
Hannink and Jasmer discovered a molecule that treats oxidative stress. Credit: Randy Mertens, CAFNR A new molecule capable of fighting oxidative stress, with high potential to be developed into a drug in pill form, has been identified by researchers at the University of Missouri (MU). This…
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