TUESDAY, June 9 (HealthDay News) — Older adults with mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer’s disease have a shorter life span than other older adults, but the risk of death is no greater for whites or blacks, a new study says.
The study, conducted by researchers at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, contradicts earlier information indicating [...]
It’s been an amazing year for discoveries about autism and genes-and it’s only July. The latest news: Some genes involved in the disorder may affect the brain’s ability to develop in response to experience, a key aspect of learning.
That follows the report in January that scientists with the Boston-based Autism Consortium had found a genetic [...]
Parkinson’s disease (also known as Parkinson disease or PD) is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that often impairs the sufferer’s motor skills and speech, as well as other functions.Parkinson’s disease belongs to a group of conditions called movement disorders. It is characterized by muscle rigidity, tremor, a slowing of physical movement (bradykinesia) [...]
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