Like prion diseases, Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies result in progressive deterioration of brain functions and, ultimately, death. Parkinson's disease is about 1,000 times more ...

After years of anecdotal evidence, scientists have finally nailed down one link between brain health and the “polar bear plunge.” In a study of the blood profiles of regular winter-time swimmers in ...

A UCL study has revealed that five children treated with growth hormone injections went on to develop early-onset Alzheimer’s - Getty The story was one of the biggest medical scandals of the second ...

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New research from Japan suggests that a rare brain-destroying disease caused by rogue prion proteins may be becoming more common—likely due to an aging population. The study, published last month in ...

If you watched Kim Kardashian's latest health update and felt a jolt at the phrase "holes on the brain," you were not alone. It is a term that sounds catastrophic. Yet on the type of scan she had, a ...

This is a 58 year old woman who presented with a six week history of swallowing difficulty, blurry vision, tremor, gait ataxia, while initially denying any cognitive changes. However, symptoms ...

The most common dementia is Alzheimer’s disease, accounting for at least 60% of all dementias. It comes in two main varieties: The “sporadic” type mostly affecting people over 65, and the rarer ...

What are prions and how are they linked to dementia? Alzheimer’s disease is a form of dementia, a group of neurodegenerative diseases caused by “toxic clumps of faulty proteins,” as defined by ...

Scientists have modified a test for early diagnosis of prion diseases with the goal of improving early diagnosis of Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies. The group tested cerebral spinal ...