What Is Homocysteine and Why It Matters for Brain Health Homocysteine: Key Takeaways Homocysteine is a key amino acid linked to long-term brain and cardiovascular health; high levels indicate dysfunction in essential processes. Elevated homocysteine can harm blood vessel function and...
Estimated reading time: 7 mins Periodontitis is another word for gum disease, caused by a specific bacteria called Porphyromonas gingivalis, that leads to infection of the tissue holding the teeth in place, and as a consequence, symptoms such as bleeding gums and loose teeth. The...
Food for the Brain provide evidence based information on numerous conditions that impact on brain health and mental wellbeing. These conditions sit under four umbrellas: Neurological disorders Mental illnesses Conditions related to neurodiversity Conditions of malnutrition, which...
What is Alzheimer’s Disease? Alzheimer’s disease accounts for about two thirds of dementia diagnoses. While dementia can be diagnosed on the basis of a Cognitive Function Test Alzheimer’s dementia requires a specific kind of scan to be diagnosed. Professor David Smith and...
About Alzheimer's disease What could be worse than losing your mind, while your body has many years to run? Yet, that is precisely what happens to three in ten people over the age of 70. In Europe alone 1 million people develop impaired memory every year, more than half of which will be later...
Alzheimer's is the most common cause of dementia, affecting an estimated 850,000 people in the UK. It is characterised by the build-up of two proteins in the brain, called amyloid and phosphotau, which build up and damage brain cells. Amyloid forms plaques outside of brain cells, whereas...
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Worldwide 46.8 million people have dementia. In the UK, 1 in 14 people over 65 have Alzheimer’s, the most prevalent form of dementia; and increasingly dementia sufferers are also struggling with other chronic conditions, such as diabetes and depression. Research on new strategies for...
