Dementia is one of the most prevalent age-related diseases worldwide and may impair the ability of the old people to maintain social connectedness. The results of a 2011-2014 Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey comprising 5716 participants...
Multiple health benefits of cocoa flavanols have been extensively investigated in various clinical studies. It is believed that cocoa flavanols can protect against cognitive ageing. Recent research has shown that cocoa flavanols may improve cerebral...
The webinar on Clinical Approach to Dementia Screening was successfully held on 28th October 2020. Dementia is a progressive brain disorder with the decline in cognitive and intellectual functions such as memory, comprehension and learning capacity...
Handwriting abnormalities, such as difficulty in signing and micrographia, are motor deficits frequently encountered by Parkinson Disease (PD) patients which may deteriorate their quality of life. A recent trial examining the effectiveness of a 4-we...
Addiction is generally characterised by neurotransmitter changes in the mesocorticolimbic system of our brain. While our reliance on internet and smartphones continues to grow, existing research on such technological addiction is still limited. In a...
Defining the Concept of Vascular Cognitive Impairment (VCI) Introduced just around two decades ago, VCI is a fairly recent concept that refers to the full spectrum of cognitive impairment associated with cerebrovascular diseases, ranging from subjec...
The B Vitamins The B vitamins are a collection of eight water-soluble, chemically very heterogeneous organic compounds. They function as coenzymes for enzymatic reactions in different biological systems. Their collective effects include energy produ...
DRE Can Cause Significant Morbidity and Mortality Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological diseases, affecting up to 60 million people globally 4 . In Hong Kong, although there are more than 20 approved antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), up to 30% o...
Managing Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy with Topical Therapeutics Neuropathic pain is a disorder of the central and peripheral nervous system resulting from a lesion or disease. In diabetic patients, neuropathic pain (referred to as diabetic polyneu...
