How air pollution and wildfire smoke may contribute to memory loss in Alzheimer's disease: Study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli3 March 2025 8:30 PM ISTAir pollution contributes to nearly 7 million premature deaths each year, and its effects go far beyond the lungs. Breathing in wildfire smoke or...
Mouth bacteria may hold insight into your future brain function, finds study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli27 Feb 2025 8:15 PM ISTThe bacteria in your mouth and on your tongue may be linked to changes in brain function as you age, new research suggested. The study, led by the...
USFDA Approves Roche's Evrysdi Tablet for Spinal Muscular Atrophy Farhat Nasim15 Feb 2025 10:45 AM ISTEvrysdi is the only non-invasive disease-modifying treatment for SMA.
Muscle loss linked to increased dementia risk, claims study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli26 Jan 2025 9:30 PM ISTSkeletal muscle loss is a risk factor for developing dementia, according to a study being presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological...
Study sheds more light on life expectancy after dementia diagnosis Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli10 Jan 2025 2:00 AM ISTThe average life expectancy of people diagnosed with dementia ranges from 9 years at age 60 to 4.5 years at age 85 for women and from 6.5 to just over...
Signals of inflammation during pregnancy linked to aging and memory changes 50 years later, suggests study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli30 Dec 2024 9:00 PM ISTAn estimated 13.8 million people in the U.S. will have Alzheimer's disease (AD) by 2050, two thirds of whom are projected to be women. The brain...
New clinical practice guideline on process for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease or related form of cognitive impairment or dementia Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli24 Dec 2024 8:30 PM ISTWe have entered a new era of improved and emerging biologically-based diagnostic biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease (AD) and AD-related...
Portable MRI promising for expanding brain imaging for Alzheimer's disease, claims research Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli23 Dec 2024 8:30 PM ISTGlobally, approximately 139 million people are expected to have Alzheimer's disease (AD) by 2050. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an important...
Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes Tied to Elevated Dementia Risk: Study Highlights Need for Early Monitoring Written By Medha Baranwal23 Dec 2024 8:00 PM ISTUSA: A recent meta-analysis has found that a history of adverse pregnancy outcomes-such as hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, gestational diabetes,...
Alzheimer's disease deaths lowest among taxi and ambulance drivers: BMJ Study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli17 Dec 2024 6:00 AM ISTTaxi drivers and ambulance drivers, whose jobs require frequent spatial and navigational processing, have the lowest levels of death due to...
Living in disadvantaged neighborhood linked to higher blood pressure and lower cognition, finds study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli10 Dec 2024 8:15 PM ISTNew research from Wake Forest University School of Medicine suggests that living in a disadvantaged neighborhood is associated with higher blood...
Semaglutide may reduce risk of Alzheimer's disease in diabetes patients, suggests study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli25 Oct 2024 8:00 PM ISTResearchers at the Case Western Reserve School of Medicine have found that semaglutide, a popular diabetes and weight-loss drug, may lower the risk of...
