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More pauses, filler words and other verbal changes might be an early sign of mental decline (Photo: Pixabay)

Speech problems may indicate mental decline

Researchers say more pauses, filler words and other verbal changes might be an early sign of mental decline.

17 July 2017 4:24 PM IST

Good staff training and just one hour a week of social interaction significantly improves quality of life for dementia patients (Photo: Pixabay)

Once a week social hours may help dementia patients.

An hour a week of social interaction can improve quality of life for Alzheimer's patients living in care homes

17 July 2017 1:42 PM IST

Strike prevention lifestyle can make use of hypertensive mediation and well-promoted lifestyle changes. (Photo: Pixabay)

Stroke prevention may reduce dementia risk in golden years

People who have had a stroke are twice as likely to develop dementia

2 May 2017 12:36 PM IST

These may help to protect the brain from vascular damage and neurodegeneration (Photo: AFP)

Dementia risk cut by one cup of tea daily

A simple and inexpensive lifestyle measure such as daily tea drinking can reduce a person's risk of developing...

17 March 2017 10:11 AM IST

It may be possible to predict if someone is at risk more than a decade before being diagnosed with Alzheimers disease.

Brain talk: Spot Alzheimer's a decade early

Changes in speech style occur several years before serious mental health decline happens.

17 March 2017 2:41 AM IST

Game played over a period of a month had around a 40 percent improvement in memory scores (Photo: Pixabay)

Now a brain training' app for people with Alzheimer's

Researchers who developed it found that patients who played the game over a period of a month had around a 40 percent...

3 July 2017 9:00 AM IST

It looked as though the THC treatment turned back the molecular clock (Photo: AFP)

Cannabis may help with curing dementia: study

Cannabinoid 1 (CB1) receptors are proteins to which the substances dock and thus trigger a signal chain.

10 May 2017 11:05 AM IST

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UK researchers call for dog-lending to be on prescription

Here's what the study found.

26 July 2017 5:57 PM IST

Taking precaution now will vastly improve life for people with dementia. (Photo: Pixabay)

New study says 9 lifestyle changes can cut dementia risk

Benefits of education and socialisation would help reduce the cases of dementia.

20 July 2017 1:23 PM IST

People who are single or widowed are at a greater risk of suffering from dementia as compared to those who are married (Photo: Pixabay)

Being single is now linked to dementia

According to researchers people who are married are financially better off which is closely interwoven with aspects of...

19 July 2017 6:49 PM IST

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Poor sleep may increase risk of Alzheimer's disease: study

Here's what a new study found.

19 July 2017 12:37 PM IST

Early tests show the drug halts chemical processes that kill brain cells and proves to be beneficial against short term memory loss as well (Photo: Pixabay)

New 'ninja' drug to fight Alzheimer's developed

Drug targets toxic proteins in the brain and stops dementia in its track.

31 July 2017 1:39 PM IST