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Swedish Study Says Mental Skills Start Fading Earlier Than Thought

By Saikat ⋅ August 28, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

It will be upon us one day. The not so ephemeral time when our mental faculties start to age and whither. For some, the process has already begun. Now, a Swedish study has found out that the time when this begins to happen could be earlier than previously thought. The study concured that older people’s [...]

Seven Year Old Boy Diagnosed With Dementia

By Andrew ⋅ August 7, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

Seven year old Ben Scott looks like any regular seven year old, but two months ago his parents were told that in the next ten years Ben will progressively lose the ability to speak, walk and even think, as the rare genetic condition known as Niemann-Pick begins to take hold of him. The disease is [...]

Home Built Invention Reverses Dementia Effects

By Andrew ⋅ July 16, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

A dementia beating helmet device built in the home laboratory of an English North East Doctor has proven very successful after a man from North Kentucky was found to respond very well to the twice a day treatment. The American man was suffering from an advanced and aggressive form of dementia but the neuron stimulating [...]

Ginkgo Hopes Slashed

By Andrew ⋅ June 17, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

New studies have shown that the herbal drug Ginkgo Biloba is completely useless in fighting the symptoms caused by dementia, although it has been thought to improve memory performance in regular subjects aged below forty years old. This has come as quite a surprise, as many sufferers of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia [...]

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