Collaborate Disseminate
As studies show that early diagnosis and preventative therapies can help prevent the onset of Alzheimer’s, startups that are working to diagnose the disease earlier are gaining more attention and funding. That’s a boon to companies like Neurotrack, which closed on $21 million in new financing led by the company’s previous investor, Khosla Ventures, with …
You may think of Alzheimer’s as a disease of the elderly, but the truth is people who suffer from it have had it for years — sometimes decades — before they notice. Early detection can help doctors minimize the impact the condition has on your brain, so there’s starting to …read more
Organ Chip models enable researchers to directly observe physiological processes and responses. Continue reading Scientists Dosed an Artificial Brain With Meth
If you have a loved one with Alzheimer’s, you know how difficult it can be to hold a conversation with them that doesn’t constantly go in circles. A good way to keep them focused is to use conversation pieces like pictures and familiar objects from their past. Something particularly poignant might uncork a flood of memories.
Adding familiar music to these images can be doubly beneficial. [Annelle] found this out when she showed her mother a musical children’s book that plays nursery rhymes. Her mother’s face lit up with joy when she heard those well-known tunes, and her reaction inspired …read more
Continue reading Intuitive Musical Books Accompany Alzheimer’s Patients’ Memories
The loss of memory is an extremely difficult situation, not just for those afflicted, but also for immediate family, close friends, and care givers. With no cure available for dementia, providing care is an extremely demanding task for everyone involved – both mentally and physically. Patients are unable to retain recent events and information, but will most likely be able to recall some amount of past memories. This presents serious challenges when they encounter “modern” technology and cannot figure out how to use and operate everyday devices that normal people take for granted.
[rosswesleyporter]’s Dad had trouble using modern iPods …read more
Continue reading Hackaday Prize Entry: Dementia-Friendly Music Player
When [Jason Dorie] tipped us off on this, he said, “This barely qualifies as a hack.” We disagree, as would any other dog lover who sees how it improved the life of his dog with a simple mood-altering doggie-bed carousel.
[Jason]’s hack lies not so much in the rotating dog bed – it’s just a plywood platform on a bearing powered by a couple of Arlo robot wheels. The hack is more in figuring out what the dog needs. You see, [Thurber] is an old dog, and like many best friends who live a long life, he started showing behavioral …read more
Research into Alzheimer’s, blindness, heart disease, and arthritis has been killed. Continue reading Scientists Are Furious Over Canada’s Bizarre Ban on Importing Zebrafish
“Young Blood for Old Brains” lecture summarizes efforts to use the blood of young people to cure neurological diseases in the elderly. Continue reading The Blood of the Young Might Really Be an Anti-Aging Elixir, Researchers Say
The disconnect between Silicon Valley and health research. Continue reading There’s One Problem with Mark Zuckerberg’s Plan to Solve All Diseases
Medical diagnostics is about to have an ‘iPhone moment’. Continue reading This Little Silver Cube Could Be the Future of Personal DNA Testing
