Will Alzheimer's Disease Become New Diabetes 3?
Diabetes and obesity are the biggest health problems in today’s world. And now, scientists have found evidence that Alzheimer’s disease may be just another form of diabetes- what they call as brain diabetes. Read on to find out the implications of this.
Diagnosing Schizophrenia With The Help Of The Nose
Accurate diagnosis of schizophrenia is not an easy task. But a surprising new diagnostic tool may be just what doctors need to recognize schizophrenia before it manifests itself in bizarre behavior.
No Strong Evidence Proofs that a Diet or a Lifestyle have an Effect on Alzheimer’s Disease
About 26 million people worldwide have Alzheimer’s disease. Currently, there are about 5.3 million Americans suffering from it and the figure is said to rise to around 16 million by 2050.
Prions Similar To The Proteins That Cause Mad-Cow Disease May Be Essential In Brain Development
When Cruezfeldt-Jakob disease began showing up in Europe about 20 years ago, there was a lot of scare literature about the prion proteins that transmit it. But it turns out that there are bad prions and good prions.
Deep-Brain Stimulation Offers Flip Of A Switch Solution For Neurological Illnesses
Anxiety, depression, epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, and chronic pain are some of the most treatment-resistant of all diseases. A not-really-so-new technology, however, offers the possibility of turning them off with the flip of a switch.