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Heart disorder Alzheimer's link

A common heart disorder has been linked to a raised risk of Alzheimer's disease by US researchers.

Atrial fibrillation causes the heart to beat chaotically, increasing the risk of blood clots and, if the condition is left untreated, stroke.

It has previously been linked to some type...


Alzheimer's Scary Link To Diabetes

As if blindness, heart disease, nerve damage, kidney failure, and other serious complications were not enough for people with diabetes to worry about, now biomedical researchers are recognizing another apparent complication: Alzheimer's disease.

Diabetics tend to get Alzheimer's more frequently...


Exercise calms agitation associated with dementia

In a pilot study, agitation and functioning improved in a group of elderly nursing home residents suffering from severe dementia when they engaged in just 30 minutes of supervised exercise three times a week.

Edris Aman, a second-year medical student at Saint Louis University School of Medicine in Missouri, who...


A New Way to Predict Alzheimer's? (And Ways to Ward Off Memory Loss)

If Alzheimer's disease runs in your family, you've probably given some thought to whether you can escape. A new study provides some insight, scoring 3,375 older people on a list of factors that researchers found predicted the risk of developing dementia. Deborah Barnes, lead author and assistant professor of psychiatry...


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