Published: September 24, 2008
A world-first study being conducted by The University of Sydney could radically revolutionise treatment strategies for one of society’s most debilitating mental illnesses.
Run in collaboration with UNSW and receiving one million dollars in funding from the National Health and Research Medical Council, the three-year trial aims to ascertain whether structured regimes of physical and mental exercise can delay or even prevent the onset of dementia. [continue reading…]
Published: September 18, 2007
Physicians may be able to detect and treat Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) in its earliest stages, when patients are experiencing only mild degrees of cognitive impairment, thanks to new diagnostic criteria proposed by an international group of researchers.
Published in Lancet Neurology, the development of new guidelines was co-led by Dr. Howard Feldman, head of the Div. of Neurology in the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Medicine. [continue reading…]
