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Music can stimulate the communicative capacities of seniors with dementia, as suggested by a study conducted in a retirement community in Israel and recently published at the Journal of Music Therapy. The researchers aimed to test the common idea of music therapists that music could help patients…

A study conducted by a research team from the University of Oxford in England revealed preliminary data that point to a possible relationship between obesity and dementia, especially when people experience obesity in early to mid-adult ages, reported Pallavi Srivastava in an article for GIZMODO India (“How…

Alzheimer’s Disease, the most common form of dementia, affects over 5 million Americans today. Mostly, it develops in much older adults, causing progressively worsening memory loss, cognitive and physical impairment, and eventually death. In fact, it ranks as the 6th leading…

A study newly published in the journal Nature Neuroscience reveals that activity within the memory-oriented brain region of the hippocampus is in fact bidirectional, a key observation that could fuel new advancements into Alzheimer’s research. The study, entitled “Reversal of theta rhythm flow through intact hippocampal circuits,” (Nature…

More and more people are shifting their technological focus to smartphones, what with a wide and ever-increasing variety of downloadable apps that all aim to make life just a little bit easier. When it comes to health-related apps, app developers are now beginning to integrate the latest advancements…

Amid the rapidly changing political climate surrounding medical marijuana, researchers at University of South Florida (USF) found that low levels of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), a compound in marijuana, have the potential to slow or halt Alzheimer’s disease progression. Extremely low doses of THC were shown to reduce the production of…

Those interested in following recent news and research about older adults may already be familiar with Seniors Guide, an online source which has recently begun to include published pieces on a number of pressing geriatric mental health issues such as Alzheimer’s Disease, dementia,…

A major new study by an international team of scientists anchored at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has revealed that brain networks break down similarly in both rare, inherited forms of Alzheimer’s disease, and in much more common uninherited versions of the disorder. In both…

Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia that progressively deteriorates a person’s memory, cognition, and behavior, until accomplishing activities of daily living (ADLs) becomes difficult. Despite decades of intensive research, no one has yet to find a cure for Alzheimer’s. What are currently available are medications…

Playing certain types of computer games can be an effective alternative for treating elderly people diagnosed with depression whose symptoms exhibit resistance to conventional treatments, a new study showed. The study, titled “Neuroplasticity-based computerized cognitive remediation for treatment-resistant geriatric depression” and published in the journal…