Vitamin E may delay decline in mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease Vitamin E has just been shown to slow functional decline of Alzheimer's patients and reduce burdens on caregivers.

Antioxidant drug knocks down multiple sclerosis-like disease in mice Researchers have discovered that an antioxidant designed more than a dozen years ago to fight damage within human cells significantly helps symptoms in mice that have a multiple sclerosis-like disease.

Where Alzheimer's starts and how it spreads Using high-resolution fMRI imaging in patients with Alzheimer's disease and in mouse models of the disease, researchers have clarified three fundamental issues about Alzheimer's: where it starts, why it starts there,...

Living at home with dementia Most people with dementia who live at home have multiple unmet health and welfare needs, any number of which could jeopardize their ability to remain home for as long as they desire, new research suggests.

A new -- and reversible -- cause of aging: A naturally produced compound rewinds aspects of age-related demise in mice Researchers have discovered a cause of aging in mammals involving a series of molecular events that disables communication between the nucleus and...

Different parents, different children: bladder cancers arise from different stem cells A study published shows that progenitor cells that create dangerous, muscle-invasive bladder cancer are different than the progenitor cells that create non-muscle invasive bladder...

Epidemic of escherichia coli infections traced to one strain of bacteria In the past decade, a single strain of Escherichia coli, or E. coli, has become the main cause of bacterial infections in women and the elderly by invading the bladder and kidneys, according to a...

Study breaks blood-brain barriers to understanding Alzheimer's A study in mice shows how a breakdown of the brain's blood vessels may amplify or cause problems associated with Alzheimer's disease. The results suggest that blood vessel cells called pericytes may...

Combining mutants results in 5-fold lifespan extension in C. elegans What are the limits to longevity? Scientists combined mutations in two pathways well-known for lifespan extension and report a synergistic five-fold lifespan extension in the nematode C. elegans. The...

Most Americans avoid addressing end-of-life issues, according to new study During the past two decades, high-profile legal cases surrounding end-of-life decisions have received widespread attention in the United States, prompting increased media focus and numerous...

Music brings memories back to the injured brain In the first study of its kind, two researchers have used popular music to help severely brain-injured patients recall personal memories.

35 year study finds exercise reduces risk of dementia A study that monitored the health habits of 2,235 men over a 35-year period has confirmed exercise significantly reduces the risk of dementia. Published today, the study is the longest of its kind to probe the...