Dementia

Dementia is a leading neurological condition that affects the brain and worsens over time. It leads to progressive cognitive and functional degeneration and results in several neuropsychiatric symptoms. As per the estimate, about 55 million people globally live with dementia, and around 10 million new cases are obs...

The global healthcare system over the past few decades has transformed exponentially. Today we are living twice as long as our ancestors have lived before. Infrastructure development, technological advancements (such as accurate diagnosis and lesser medical errors), public-private partnerships in healthcare, availa...

Alzheimer's is a progressive brain disorder that results in the degeneration of brain cells. It affects the thinking, reasoning, memory, and problem-solving skills of the person. Apart from cognitive function, it also influences mood, personality, behavior, and social skills. In the advanced stages, the patients ar...

Not a long time ago this year, Biogen announced the halting of Phase III clinical trials, EMERGE and ENAGE, of its most looked upon drug aducanumab under simulations for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease called futility analysis. The drug was designed to help patients struggling with mild cognitive impairmen...

Dementia is an umbrella term, usually of a chronic or progressive nature, causing deterioration in cognitive function. Associated with memory loss and decline other in other thinking skills, it is just not restricted to that. Problems with language, decision making, judgement, abstract thinking, struggling in takin...

Alzheimer’s is one of the diseases which are irreversible and untreatable. With causes still unknown adds to the further conundrum.  But for more than two decades now Scientists from everywhere have been working on the “amyloid hypothesis". It has been a long-standing theory that brains of the people affected ...

Coconut oil and dementia  Presently, we have a lack of evidence in displaying coconut oil playing any role in treating dementia or its symptoms. Albeit, there have been some claims regarding coconut oil that it could be used as a treatment, or even a cure, for Alzheimer's disease. But, currently, there is not e...

Novartis ventures itself into developing new editing technology Novartis has moved beyond CRISPR and CAR-T gene editing technology with its latest deal with Homology Medicines, aiming to improve upon its R&D work in the arena of cell and gene therapy. The deal involves Novartis using the gene editing technology ...