Tag: alzheimer

Music-lovers can create tracks with increasing ease. Now, a study at Northeastern University has shown that music can stimulate the brain’s nerve pathways, having a positive impact on cognitive illnesses and dementia. This is particularly true for music we choose ourselves, and which we listened to as teenagers. In a recent test, cognitively healthy older adults were asked to...

Cancer residue caused by treatment could be removed. Alzheimer’s disease, accounting for 60-70% of dementia cases, is caused by degenerative nerve cells in the brain. The body’s energy to remove them comes from mitochondria. If these become damaged, however, the whole cell dies. Making the clean-up process increasingly problematic as we age. Now, an international research team spearheaded by...