Lewy bodies are tiny protein deposits in the brain named after a German doctor who first identified them. Researchers don't have a full understanding of why they appear, or how they contribute to dementia. They have linked them to low levels of important chemicals (acetylcholine and dopamine) that carry messages between nerve cells.
An estimated 120,000 people age 65 and older in Arizona have Alzheimer’s disease, according to the Alzheimer’s Association, and the number is expected to increase to 200,000 by 2025, a change of more than 66 percent. Women are disproportionately affected.
The latest issue of the South Campus Pulse, the newsletter of the UA Internal Medicine Residency Program – South Campus at Banner – University Medical Center South came out Friday, Sept. 23.
Themes for the two speakers in the next UA Department of Medicine Research Seminar 2016-17 lecture series have been announced.
About 70 million Americans have sleep problems, according to the National Center on Sleep Disorders Research, but you’d never know it by looking at them. There are many symptoms besides sleepiness that people—or their physicians—might not recognize as signs of sleep disorders.
Sleep duration including too little or too much sleep and sleep disorders, may be linked to a variety of factors that may raise the risk for cardiovascular diseases, according to the first ever American Heart Association (AHS) scientific statement published this week in the AHA journal Circulation.
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What is a Cyclovia?
Cyc˙lo˙via (/ˌsiːklɵˈviː.ə/) n.
A Spanish word signifying the temporary closure of a network of streets to cars so that they become “open” to people. During Cyclovia anyone can bike, walk, skate and participate in fun, free activities sponsored by numerous organizations at various stops along THE ROUTE.
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