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Family Caregivers for Elderly with Dementia May be Daughters, in Their 50s or Married: Study

Family Caregivers for Elderly with Dementia May be Daughters, in Their 50s or Married: Study

SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The elderly with dementia are cared for mainly by their daughters rather than sons, adding that those in their 50s account for the largest share of caregivers, a study showed Sunday. As part of her Master’s thesis, Kim Da-mi, a student at Hanyang University’s Graduate School of Nursing, conducted [...]

Seniors Without Sufficient Emotional Support More Likely to Suffer from Dementia: Study

Seniors Without Sufficient Emotional Support More Likely to Suffer from Dementia: Study

SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Seniors excluded from sufficient psychological support like empathy and understanding from others are more likely to suffer from dementia, a study revealed Monday. A joint research team from Seoul National University Bundang Hospital and Kangbuk Samsung Hospital studied 5,852 seniors over 60 years of age for eight years. The [...]

New Alzheimer’s Diagnosis Method Developed Using Analysis of Brain Volume

New Alzheimer’s Diagnosis Method Developed Using Analysis of Brain Volume

SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean research team has developed a program that can be used for the diagnosis of early Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment by automatically analyzing changes in brain volume. The research team at the Catholic University of Korea’s College of Medicine said Tuesday that it had developed [...]

New Alzheimer’s Treatment on Horizon as Dementia Reversed for First Time in Dogs

New Alzheimer’s Treatment on Horizon as Dementia Reversed for First Time in Dogs

SYDNEY, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) — With the once dominant amyloid hypothesis of Alzheimer’s disease suffering yet another crushing blow this week, the field is desperate for a ray of hope. Enter S2N, a new Australian biotech pioneering an all-new neurorestorative approach, aiming to rebuild and replace the lost brain cells in Alzheimer’s that underlies clinical symptoms.  [...]

Senior Spouses of Individuals with Dementia More Likely to be Diagnosed with Dementia: Study

Senior Spouses of Individuals with Dementia More Likely to be Diagnosed with Dementia: Study

SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Seniors with a spouse suffering from dementia are more likely to be diagnosed with dementia themselves, a study showed Monday. A research team from Seoul National University Bundang Hospital conducted a survey of 784 senior couples in the country who are over 60 years of age every two years [...]

New Diagnosis Method Detects Parkinson’s Disease Through Walking Posture

New Diagnosis Method Detects Parkinson’s Disease Through Walking Posture

UIJEONGBU, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A new diagnostic method that looks at how a person walks to determine if they are suffering from Parkinson’s disease or dementia has been patented. A research team from St. Mary’s Hospital in Uijeongbu developed a new diagnostic method that collects data from an individual’s shoes to diagnose degenerative [...]

Researchers Develop AI Platform to Share Knowledge on Dementia Care

Researchers Develop AI Platform to Share Knowledge on Dementia Care

SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) has developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-based service platform to share knowledge on the symptoms of dementia patients and how to care for them. Based on an ontology model, which refers to technology in which AI understands and processes human knowledge, the [...]

AI Speaker-based Memory Training Program Effective Against Dementia: Study

AI Speaker-based Memory Training Program Effective Against Dementia: Study

SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study showed that a memory training program called Brain Tok Tok that was built for South Korea’s top mobile carrier SK Telecom Co.’s artificial intelligence (AI) speaker NUGU can help to delay the advancement of dementia. A research team from Seoul National University College of Medicine conducted [...]