DEMENTIA IS HIGHLY PREVALENT AMONG ELDERLY PEOPLE, and projections show that the number of people affected might triple over the next 50 years, mainly because of a large increase in the oldest-old ...

May 12, 2004 -- Homocysteine levels are associated with osteoporotic hip fracture, according to the results of two studies published in the May 13 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. The ...

Homocysteine levels are not measured in most traditional screening tests, but the relationship between these levels & cardiovascular disease development has drawn greater scrutiny in recent times.

Elevated levels of homocysteine are a risk factor for vascular disease, thrombosis, neural tube defects and dementia. The 677C>T polymorphism in the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene ...

Cross-sectional analysis of a convenience sample of locally recruited participants, including both patients and volunteers. The incidence of hypertension, dyslipidemia, insulin resistance, and the ...

Norman Swan: Talking of brain damage, research at the University of New South Wales has correlated brain shrinkage on scans with a high homocysteine level in people's blood. Homocysteine, which can be ...

A recent study published in the journal of BMC Nephrology revealed that elevated homocysteine levels can significantly ...

Boston, MA - Two new observational studies suggest that increased homocysteine levels are a risk factor for osteoporosis in older men and women. The studies appear in this week's New England Journal ...

Patients who had experienced a heart attack and lowered their blood homocysteine levels with folic acid and vitamin B12 supplementation did not have an associated lower risk of heart attack, coronary ...

Homocysteine, an amino acid believed to contribute to heart attack, stroke and dementia, likely also is a player in retinal damage and vision loss, researchers say. Scientists want to know the impact ...