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Bigger brains suggest better brain health and cognitive function. And since the 1930s, our brains have been growing in size. Now, a new study shows how this is affecting our risk of developing dementia, particularly Alzheimer’s disease.
Tags: Brain, Dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease, UC Davis, Age-Related
Continue reading Younger generations have bigger brains – and it’s impacting dementia
Eating a keto diet prevented the mild cognitive impairment that’s often seen in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease by altering the way brain cells connect and communicate, new research has found. The researchers suggest that adopting the diet may be a way of delaying the onset of full-blown Alzheimer’s.
Tags: Keto, Diet, Alzheimer’s Disease, UC Davis
Continue reading Keto diet could delay pre-Alzheimer’s memory decline
A single injection of the 102-year-old tuberculosis vaccine, BCG, has proven effective at triggering an immune response in mice and shrank their liver cancer tumors, according to research by UC Davis Health. The findings suggest that BCG might be an al… Continue reading Stubborn liver cancer may have met its match in century-old TB vaccine
Comparing the brain MRIs of people with and without dementia, researchers have identified an accurate ‘signature’ that may signal a person’s risk of developing the disease five to 10 years before symptoms appear. The novel biomarker could provide an ea… Continue reading MRI ‘signature’ may reveal dementia 5-to-10 years before symptoms appear
New research has found that some personality traits increase the risk of a dementia diagnosis, whereas others reduce it. Interestingly, no consistent association was seen between personality and dementia-related brain pathology. The findings suggest that targeting personality traits in interventions earlier in life may be a way of reducing dementia risk in the long term.
Category: Health & Wellbeing, Lifestyle
Tags: Dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease, Personality, UC Davis
Continue reading Certain personality traits could help protect against dementia
For as long as humans have been imbibing alcohol they have also been battling with the drug’s notorious side effects. Headaches and nausea often follow a few beverages due to the build up of a toxic by-product of alcohol – acetaldehyde.Continue Reading… Continue reading Researchers close in on revealing what causes red wine headaches
The way a young sunflower turns its bright yellow head to follow the movements of the Sun across the sky each day can be quite dramatic, in terms of plant activity. Now scientists have been surprised to discover that it does this through a novel geneti… Continue reading Sunflowers salute the Sun in a totally different way to what we thought
One of the biggest barriers to finding a healthy, affordable alternative to table sugar, or sucrose, is being able to make it. One such substitute, allulose, is around 70% as sweet as sucrose, but contains just 10% of the calories and has even been sho… Continue reading Low-calorie sugar breakthrough could make allulose a household name
Researchers have used a method of total-body imaging to measure and track the body’s immune response to viral infection. The method is a promising platform for studying human immunity in greater detail and could be used to evaluate cancer treatments an… Continue reading Total-body imaging captures immune system’s response to viral infection
Exploring the genetic factors that make golden retrievers more susceptible to cancer than other dog breeds, researchers identified a gene associated with longevity that’s related to a gene that causes cancer cells to grow quickly in humans. The discove… Continue reading Longevity gene in golden retrievers related to human cancer gene