A team of researchers from the UK and Finland has discovered why people who stay in education longer have a lower risk of developing dementia – a question that has puzzled scientists for the past decade.

Husbands or wives who care for spouses with dementia are six times more likely to develop the memory-impairing condition than those whose spouses don’t have it, according to results of a 12-year study led by Johns Hopkins, Utah State University, and Duke University. The increased risk that the researchers saw among caregivers was on par with the power of a gene variant known to increase susceptibility to Alzheimer’s disease, they report in the May Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

A study published by Stanford University in the March 2010 edition of the Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, showed that acupuncture specific to depression helped relieve symptoms in woman who were 12 to 30 weeks pregnant. 150 woman participated in the study.

A new study connects young adults’ use of video games to poorer relationships with friends and family – and the student co-author expresses disappointment at his own findings.

Professor Weihong Song, Canada Research Chair in Alzheimer's Disease at the University of British Columbia, found that at least in model mice - administering Valporic Acid (VPA) as a treatment option in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease resulted in improved memory performance.

Researchers from several institutions in Melbourne, Australia and the University of California, Los Angeles collaborated in this ground-breaking study of 112 male-to-female transsexuals to look for a biological basis for how gender identity develops.