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Brain 'pacemaker' for Alzheimer's

 LaVonne Moore has Alzheimer's disease, but her doctors hope her dementia symptoms could possibly be kept in check by a new type of treatment.

One in three Alzheimer's cases preventable, says research

 One in three cases of Alzheimer's disease worldwide is preventable, according to research from the University of Cambridge.

Research shows midlife healthy diet reduces risks of late-life memory disorders

 A doctoral research carried out in the University of Eastern Finland shows that Healthy diet in midlife decreases risks of memory disorder in old age,

Cooking meat 'may be dementia risk'

 Browning meat in the oven, grill or frying pan produces chemicals which may increase the risk of developing dementia, US researchers suggest.

Antidepressant may help relieve agitation in patients with Alzheimer's disease

 Antidepressant drug citalopram could help significantly relieve agitation in patients with Alzheimer's disease, but at the cost of slightly decreasing cognitive function and increasing heart attack risk,

Brain cleans itself during sleep: study

 Scientists said Thursday they have found what could be sleep's basic purpose: it clears the brain of toxic metabolic byproducts.

Immortality in pill no longer science fiction: researcher

Man's search for immortality is another step closer to reality with a major breakthrough in creating a drug capable of fighting the aging process -- a drug that could be available before 2018 -- after pioneering work