SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Exposure to air pollutants like fine dust increases the risk of dementia, a study showed Thursday. A joint research team from Yonsei University and Gachon University Gil Hospital conducted a survey of 640 healthy adults over 50 years of age over the course of 32 months. The results showed [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Seniors with dementia have seen their symptoms worsen at a much faster rate after being cut off from society during the pandemic era. Choi Ho-jin, a professor of neurology at Hanyang University Guri Hospital led a team that published an article in Dementia and Neurocognitive Disorders, a journal published [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]