Drugs used to treat diabetes could also be used to treat Alzheimer’s disease, and vice versa, according to new research from the University of Aberdeen. This is the first study of its kind to show that Alzheimer’s disease can lead to diabetes, as opposed to diabetes occurring first as was previously thought. The study reports [...]
Soldiers’ lives could be saved or improved by new technology which enables medics to scan for bleeding in the brain using ultrasound. Software being developed by the University of Aberdeen and funded by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory’s (Dstl) Centre for Defence Enterprise, part of the Ministry of Defence, creates a 3D model of [...]
A study to explore whether a technique similar to meditation can be used to help adults struggling to manage their type 1 diabetes improve their diabetes control and their emotional wellbeing is under way at the University of Aberdeen. In partnership with researchers at the Universities of Glasgow and Stirling, and consultant medical staff at [...]
A range of chemicals found in some pesticides, cosmetics, toys and food containers, are thought to contribute to reproductive health problems in hundreds of thousands of women. This could cost the EU more than 1.4 billion Euros (£1 billion) a year in healthcare costs and lost earning potential, according to new research involving the University [...]
Cognitive impairment could affect the conversational ability of people with Parkinson's more than physical speech problems – according to research from the University of East Anglia (UEA) and the University of Aberdeen. A new study recently published is the first to assess the extent to which a patient's ability to think quickly forms a barrier [...]
Support from a partner after the quit date and refraining from nagging are important factors in successfully stopping smoking, according to a researcher at the University of Aberdeen. Dr Gertraud Stadler tracked the behaviour of 100 couples with one smoker and one non-smoker while working with Dr Urte Scholz at the University of Zuerich. The [...]
Damage in specific brain structures has been found to be associated with a greater risk of depressive symptoms in late life, according to research from the University of Aberdeen. Data gathered from the Aberdeen Birth Cohort of 1936 was used to find how depressive symptoms are linked with localised brain damage and if intelligence and [...]
The long-term effects of an untreatable condition, often confused with a heart attack, will be explored by University of Aberdeen researchers after they were awarded a prestigious grant. Acute stress-induced (Tako-tsubo) cardiomyopathy, sometimes called ‘broken heart syndrome’, is a condition triggered by stress and often follows an episode of major stress such as bereavements, involvement [...]
The University of Aberdeen’s reputation for ground-breaking fungal research has seen it afforded the prestigious status of an official UK centre of excellence. The Medical Research Council (MRC) has awarded MRC Centre status for Medical Mycology to the University’s Aberdeen Fungal Group. This new MRC Centre for Medical Mycology (MRC CMM) at the University of [...]
