Komal Bavaskar, D Y Patil University Alzheimer’s disease affects around 5.8 million Americans aged 65 and over. 80% of those surveyed are 75 or older. In India, more than 4 million people are affected by this disease. Alzheimer’s disease is thought to affect between 60% and 70% of the approximately 50 million individuals globally who […]
Sribas Chowdhury, Adamas University, Kolkata Neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s are some of the most complicated diseases existing amongst modern humankind. These diseases are often complicated to understand. And since their causative agents are unknown in 80% of cases, their treatment is even more challenging. Primarily, the reasons associated with AD were mainly centered around the […]
Anjali Kumari, IILM College of Engineering and Technology The international team of scientists in Sweden has discovered a new gene mutation that is linked to the early onset of the Alzheimer’s disease. This has been done by tracing the DNA flaw through various members of a single family. What is Alzheimer’s disease? Alzheimer’s also called […]
Ananya Ghosal, MAKAUT(WB) 40-50 million people are suffering from Alzheimer’s and other dementias worldwide. Due to the tendency of population aging and population growth, the number may rise to 100 million people suffering from the disease by 2050. From the population-based epidemiological study, dementia has been underreported on death certificates, even after including all contributing […]
