In the current online issue of PLoS ONE, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine say...
Alzheimer's plaques in PET brain scans identify future cognitive decline DURHAM, N.C. – Among patients with mild or no cognitive impairment,...
Newswise — NEW ORLEANS – Use of a new drug to detect the beta-amyloid plaques in the brain that are...
Release Date: 10/03/2011 Johns Hopkins-led research suggests levels of certain fats in blood might predict rate of cognitive decline. A team of...
Knowledge about the biological origin of diseases like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and other psychiatric conditions is critical to improving diagnosis...
ROCHESTER, Minn. - Any exercise that gets the heart pumping may reduce the risk of dementia and slow the condition's...
STANFORD, Calif. - Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital have used a novel...
Columbia University Medical Center researchers have shown that new, or "de novo," protein-altering mutations—genetic errors that are present in patients...
For Immediate Release – August 3, 2011 – (Toronto) – Twenty-five percent of people who were hospitalized for depression were...
New Rochelle, NY, August 3, 2011—Positive activity interventions (PAIs) offer a safe, low-cost, and self-administered approach to managing depression and...
PITTSBURGH—Autism is a mysterious developmental disease because it often leaves complex abilities intact while impairing seemingly elementary ones. For example,...
Reston, Va.–Two new studies published in the August issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine (JNM) provide insight intothe potential...
American Stroke Association Scientific Statement Statement Highlights: • High blood pressure is related to the development of age-related vascular cognitive impairment. • Maintaining...