IOS Press


IOS Press was formed in 1987 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. IOS currently has offices in numerous locations around the globe. IOS Press publishes about 85 international science-related journals and releases hundred of books annually related to mathematics, medicine, computer science and the natural sciences. IOS is a member of STM, International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers. IOS Press routinely provides news updates on their scientific publications on the IOS Press Web site.

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info [at] iospress [dot] nl

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+31 20 688 3355

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Intelligent system to help autistic children recognize emotions

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Computer scientists from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore are working on the development of an efficient and intelligent facial expression recognition system. The system is capable of locating the face region ...


Blood test shows promise for early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Elderly people exhibiting memory disturbances that do not affect their normal, daily life suffer from a condition called "mild cognitive impairment" (MCI). Some MCI patients go on to develop Alzheimer's disease within a few ...


Farmed fish may pose risk for mad cow disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jun 16, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

University of Louisville neurologist Robert P. Friedland, M.D., questions the safety of eating farmed fish in the June issue of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, adding a new worry to concerns about the nation's food s ...


New neuroimaging analysis technique identifies impact of Alzheimer's disease gene in healthy brains

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Brain imaging can offer a window into risk for diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD). A study conducted at the University of Kansas School of Medicine demonstrated that genetic risk is expressed in the brains of even ...


Statins can protect against Alzheimer's disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jun 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

High cholesterol levels are considered to be a risk factor not only for cardiovascular disease including stroke, but also for the development of Alzheimer's disease. Therefore, many cholesterol lowering drugs, including statins, ...


Formal education lessens the impact of Alzheimer's disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers at the Department of Psychiatry, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, investigated the effects of formal education on the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. They were able to show that ...


New direction for chance discovery?

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 06, 2007 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0

There have been publications on the subject of chance discovery since Yukio Ohsawa proposed the concept of chance discovery in 2000, but the question arises: will the research continue in the way it is done now or shall chance ...


Is vitamin D deficiency linked to Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia?

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created May 26, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

There are several risk factors for the development of Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia. Based on an increasing number of studies linking these risk factors with Vitamin D deficiency, an article in the current issue ...


High fruit and vegetable intake positively correlated with antioxidant status, cognitive performance

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers at the Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology I of the Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany, investigated the relationship between fruit and vegetable intake, plasma antioxidant micronutrient ...


Landmark paper compares scientific productivity and impact of top 100 AD investigators

Medicine & Health / Research

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

IOS Press announced the publication of a landmark study in which both traditional and highly-innovative scientometric approaches are employed to measure scientific productivity and impact of the top 100 Alzheimer's disease ...


New data demonstrate potential for early detection of Alzheimer's disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jun 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Data published in the June issue of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease demonstrated that minimally-invasive biospectroscopy was able to identify changes in oxidative stress (OS) levels in blood plasma, which may prove to be ...


New study provides further evidence that apple juice can delay onset of Alzheimer's disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 22, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A growing body of evidence demonstrates that we can take steps to delay age-related cognitive decline, including in some cases that which accompanies Alzheimer's disease, according to a study published in the January 2009 ...


Possible Alzheimer's disease marker discovered in rare genotype

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers at Banner Health's Sun Health Research Institute have uncovered evidence that Alzheimer's disease (AD) may be clinically confirmed in patients with apolipoprotein E2 homozygote. The results of their study are ...


New research shows neuroprotective effect of lovastatin

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Apr 09, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

High cholesterol levels are considered to be a risk factor for cardiovascular disease including stroke. Therefore, many cholesterol lowering drugs have been developed by pharmaceutical companies in recent years. One class ...


A simple balance test may predict cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Mar 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A simple balance test may predict cognitive decline in Alzheimer's Disease, according to a study published in the March 2009 issue of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.