Sentences with phrase «for dementia research»

Funding is beyond inadequately low for dementia research yet there are only so many people who can do the research and so much they can be paid thanks to bureaucracy picking winners and losers; Statistics in Australia when I was writing my last report on Alzheimer's showed costs of dementia were 99.7 % of the cost not including all the «free» support of family and caregivers.

Prof Martin Rossor: «No conflicts other than paid role of NIHR National Director for Dementia Research»

Commenting on the need for innovative approaches to dementia treatments, Dr Doug Brown, Director of Research and Development at Alzheimer's Society, said: «With no new dementia drugs in nearly 15 years, we're at a critical time for dementia research.

But that outlay for dementia research falls well short of those announced in recent years by the United States and the United Kingdom and even lags Canada's promise at the G8 dementia summit 2 years ago in London to significantly ramp up its investment in research on neurodegenerative diseases as part of a global bid to find a cure for dementia by 2025.

At 1:30 p.m., Sen. David Carlucci will tour the Center for Dementia Research at the Nathan Kline Institute for a demonstration of the Zeiss LSM 880 Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope and Leica LMD7000 — Laser Capture Microdissection System.

«The increase in funding for dementia research is welcome.

Five multi-year grants were recently awarded to three research scientists at the Institute's Center for Dementia Research (CDR).

Not exact matches

Also, we have widely reported here on the incredible effects people are seeing in using coconut oil with dementia and Alzheimer's, but not even the Alzheimer's Association is researching about coconut oil, despite being presented with the evidence for it as far back 2007.

As for the coffee — research has shown that women who drink 3 x 8oz cups a day have a significantly lower chance of depression and dementia, so drink up!

To make matters worse, the authors argue, the media ignores and / or severely criticizes research findings that don't fit the football = dementia narrative, and labels anyone who dares to challenge that narrative or call for further study a «CTE denier» or a «shill» trying to advance their own vested interests, confuse the public and conflate the issues.

But rugby legends have spoken of their relief that the issue of on - field head injuries was now being talked about widely, after new research suggested a link with dementia for the first time.

Until recently he was a founding member and VP of J.P. Morgan Sustainable Finance where he helped develop innovative investment structures such as GHIF (the world's first VC fund for HIV & Malaria Research), Dementia Discovery Fund (a first - of - its kind collaborative effort to accelerate fundamental research in Dementia) and NatureVest, an investment fund focused on nature protection co-developed with The Nature ConsResearch), Dementia Discovery Fund (a first - of - its kind collaborative effort to accelerate fundamental research in Dementia) and NatureVest, an investment fund focused on nature protection co-developed with The Nature Consresearch in Dementia) and NatureVest, an investment fund focused on nature protection co-developed with The Nature Conservancy.

The prime minister is today announcing his intention to make the UK a world leader in research for dementia treatment.

The charity Rethink Mental Illness has welcomed a new study into the links between schizophrenia and dementia, but also called for more research into the causes of mental illness.

For now, measuring dementia risk with a simple blood drawremains in the realm of research.

«Frontotemporal degeneration is associated with substantial direct and indirect costs, diminished quality of life, and increased caregiver burden,» said James E. Galvin, M.D., M.P.H., lead author, associate dean for clinical research in FAU's Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, and a leading international expert on AD, Lewy Body Dementia (LBD), and FTD.

For instance, researchers at IBM Research in Haifa, Israel, are developing a five - minute screening tool that uses voice recordings and computer analysis to identify people with mild cognitive impairment, a precursor to dementia.

His group is researching ways to give people with dementia unobtrusive reminders that they need to take pills, for example, or need to eat.

The results build on previous research that found pimavanserin was effective for people with dementia related to Parkinson's disease.

«This opens a new door in identifying biological markers for dementia since we might consider using the brain's processing of speech sounds as a new way to detect the disease earlier,» says Dr. Claude Alain, the study's senior author and senior scientist at Baycrest's Rotman Research Institute (RRI) and professor at the University of Toronto's psychology department.

While hypertension during midlife is considered to increase risk for Alzheimer's and other dementia, there is emerging research evidence suggesting that its role in dementia risk may change over time, and may instead help protect against dementia in people age 90 and over, known as the «oldest old.»

Of the growing body of research concerning lifestyle and brain health, and also the possibility of reduced risk of Alzheimer's and other dementias, perhaps the strongest and most consistent evidence exists for regular physical activity.

It's tempting to dip into the leftover Halloween treats, but new research out of York University has found eating plenty of fruits and vegetables, combined with regular exercise, leads to better cognitive functioning for younger and older adults, and may delay the onset of dementia.

«While significant effort is being put into developing treatments to slow or block the progression of Alzheimer's dementia, little work has been done to get the medical system ready for such an advancement,» said Jodi Liu, lead author of the study and a policy researcher at RAND, a nonprofit research organization.

«Further research is needed to clarify the role of sleep disturbance as either a risk factor for, or an early symptom of, dementia among veterans, and in other populations as well.»

Despite the possible influence of growing disease awareness and changing diagnostic standards, bigger problems with assessing dementia rates could be methodological, says John Haaga, NIA deputy director for behavioral and social research.

This work expands upon previous research which has shown that after being hospitalized, older adults are at high risk for memory and other cognitive problems, including both transient (temporary) delirium and long - term changes in cognition, including dementia.

Crimmins, Brayne and Langa will discuss the research on falling dementia risk in a February 13 panel at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington, D.C..

While we wait in anticipation for the results of ongoing clinical trials, Alzheimer's Society will continue to fund innovative research to tackle dementia head - on.»

«Activation of these cell receptors appear to prevent brain cells from cleaning out the trash — the toxic buildup of proteins, such as alpha - synuclein, tau and amyloid, common in neurodegenerative diseases,» says the study's senior author, neurologist Charbel Moussa, MBBS, PhD, director of Georgetown's Laboratory for Dementia and Parkinsonism, and scientific and clinical research director of the GUMC Translational Neurotherapeutics Program.

This is essential for developing treatments that are truly effective,» is how Professor Emrah Düzel, site speaker of the DZNE in Magdeburg and director of the Institute of Cognitive Neurology and Dementia Research at the University of Magdeburg, explains the background to the study.

More research is needed to answer several questions not addressed by the new findings, such as specifically what happens during a TBI that might contribute to dementia later in life for some individuals, what other factors play a role, and who is most susceptible.

There is no cure for Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia, but the research community is one step closer to finding treatment.

«Our goal is to identify people who are at the highest risk for dementia as early as possible» said study author Ronald Petersen, M.D., Ph.D., Chester and Debbie Cadieux Director of the Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Cora Kanow Professor of Alzheimer's Disease Research and a member of the American Academy of Neurology.

«The number of new diagnostic and prognostic tools for dementia is steadily increasing and there are a lot of different scanning techniques currently being used in clinical research settings.

His primary clinical and research focus is dementia, with specific areas of interest including biomarkers to assist in the diagnosis and understanding of disease mechanisms for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, and translational research using novel therapeutic approaches.

Along with adding to the trove of research that shows these games can improve eye - hand coordination and reaction time, this finding shows the potential for novel virtual approaches to helping people who lose memory as they age or suffer from dementia.

But there was a nary a sign of monies for special initiatives that the community had sought, such as the one proposed by Canadian Institutes of Health Research President Alain Beaudet to craft the parameters of a national dementia strategy.

He added that the existence of episodic memory in lower animals has implications for research on human diseases that affect memory, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases, since the majority of research on the brain — and the drugs used to treat memory diseases and dementia — start out based on insights into how the brain works in rats.

For this reason, the various factors that might predict the onset of memory loss in dementia are the focus of much research.

Researchers at the Ludwig - Maximilians - University, the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), and the Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research (ISD) in Munich, Germany, have identified a brain inflammation marker in patients at early asymptomatic stages of Alzheimer's disease.

Although much research has examined traumatic brain injury (TBI) as a possible risk factor for later life dementia from neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), little is known regarding how TBI influences the rate of age - related cognitive change.

The Aging Brain Care Medical Home, a novel population health management program implemented in the homes of older adults achieves significant health improvement for individuals with depression and also substantial stress reduction in family caregivers of dementia patients, according to a new study by investigators from the Regenstrief Institute, Indiana University Center for Aging Research and Eskenazi Health.

When Alzheimer's Research UK announced in January that Cameron would be its new president, a spokesperson for the prime minister Theresa May said: «We are committed to taking forward the plans that have been already set out for increased support for helping people with dementia and tackling this vital issue.»

«Our results, based on in - depth interviews with seniors and their caregivers, add to a growing body of evidence that this decline in dementia risk is a real phenomenon, and that the expected future growth in the burden of dementia may not be as extensive as once thought,» says lead author Kenneth Langa, M.D., Ph.D., a professor in the U-M Medical School, Institute for Social Research and School of Public Health, and a research investigator at the VA Ann Arbor HealthcareResearch and School of Public Health, and a research investigator at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcareresearch investigator at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System.

«Other research has looked at midlife hypertension as risk factor for dementia,» said study corresponding author Michael D. Murray, PharmD, MPH of the Regenstrief Institute's Center for Health Services Research and Purdue University College of Presearch has looked at midlife hypertension as risk factor for dementia,» said study corresponding author Michael D. Murray, PharmD, MPH of the Regenstrief Institute's Center for Health Services Research and Purdue University College of PResearch and Purdue University College of Pharmacy.

This will pay for a new # 150 million Dementia Research Institute and science labs at the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs worth # 130 million.

Preliminary research has suggested that, «if the target is to improve older adults» cognitive control, reasoning, and higher - order cognitive skills, and stave off dementia and Alzheimer's as long as possible, then maybe strategy games are the way to go,» said Chandramallika Basak, assistant professor at the Center for Vital Longevity and School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas.

A team of researchers at Mayo Clinic and The Scripps Research Institute in Florida have developed a new therapeutic strategy to combat the most common genetic risk factor for the neurodegenerative disorders amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD).

New research from Bournemouth University, funded by the Burdett Trust for Nursing, has revealed the challenges of providing good nutrition and hydration in people with dementia who live in care homes.