According to a Swedish research, marriage or having a partner may decrease the risk of developing dementia considerably. The study has been presented at a US conference.
The researchers are of the view that it is social interaction between couples that helps to avoid the disease.
The Alzheimer’s Research Trust is considering the results quite worrying as in the UK divorce rates are considerably high.
“For some people, the problem might be even greater” the Karolinska Institute’s study suggests
A new clue to the cause of Alzheimer’s disease has been discovered by the researchers. A sticky protein known as beta-amyloid, clutter the brains of people that have memory-robbing form of dementia. But this is still a riddle whether this sticky protein is a side effect or a cause of the disease. Tangles of a protein known as tau are also involved in this procedure, some scientists considering it a cause.
Injecting rats with a specific kind of beta-amyloid, the researchers caused Alzheimer’s symptoms in them. The researchers noted that other kinds of beta-amyloid when injected to the rats, it didn’t cause illness in them. It shows that some people have beta-amyloid plaque in their brains but don’t have symptoms of the disease.
These findings were reported in online issue of the journal …Click here to read more
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD)’ is the most common form of dementia among older people. It is a brain disorder that seriously affects a person’s ability to carry out daily activities. It is a progressive and fatal brain disease slowly effecting thought, memory and language serious enough to interfere with daily life.
A recent study by researchers at ‘Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University’ finds that people with ‘Alzheimer’s Disease (AD)’ experienced more accidents and performed more poorly on road tests compared to drivers without cognitive impairment. The study is published in the January 23 edition of the journal “Neurology”, the medical journal of the ‘American Academy of Neurology’. This stems out of the fact they show problems with memory, thinking and concentration.
The study included 128 individuals. Out of these individuals, 84 persons were suffering with early AD and 44 age-matched control subjects without cognitive impairments. Drivers with early AD were enrolled in this study and followed every six months over two to three years. While the study does confirm previous reports of potentially hazardous driving in persons with early AD, it also indicates that some individuals with very mild dementia can continue to drive safety for extended periods of time. The study also built the relationship through self-reports, family reports and a standardized road test.
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