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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Walking at least six miles a week may be one thing people can do to keep their brains from shrinking and fight off dementia, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.A study of nearly 300 people in Pittsburgh who kept track ...
CHICAGO (Reuters Life!) - Mild memory problems in older people are often excused as "senior moments," but a new study has found the same changes in the brain that cause severe dementia may also be responsible for those memory lapses.The findings contradict ...
Brain exercises may keep cognitive decline at bay longer, but once dementia hits it mysteriously seems to progress faster than if it hadn't been postponed, according to an ongoing study that began in 1993. About every three years, clinical evaluations were used ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Alzheimer's disease and milder forms of dementia are associated with an increased risk of death, but contrary to some earlier reports, the risks are similar for blacks and whites, according to findings in the Archives of Neurology.Whereas ...
There may be no notable difference in the risk of death from Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia between white and African American adults, according to a study published on Monday.The study, which appears in the June edition of the Archives of ...
10/1/2008 Print E-mail Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch: If you have advanced cancer for which Nexavar or Erlotinib are considered an appropriate treatment, you may qualify for this study.. If you are 55 or older, healthy with no ...
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