Study shows why living in a disadvantaged neighborhood may increase dementia risk
Cambridge researchers have discovered why living in a disadvantaged neighborhood may be linked to an increase in an individual's risk of dementia.
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Disease or Syndrome: Cerebral Small Vessel Diseases
Medical news and research articles
Dementia linked to problems with brain's waste clearance system
Problems with the brain's waste clearance system could underlie many cases of dementia and help explain why poor sleep patterns and cardiovascular risk factors such as high blood pressure increase the risk of dementia.
Oct 23, 2025
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Where you live may affect your brain health, new study finds
The conditions where you live may influence your brain health and risk for dementia, according to a new study from Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
Oct 15, 2025
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Better screening tool for sickle cell disease progression
Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), an optical tool that leverages light-tissue interaction to measure changes in hemoglobin concentration and oxygenation, has been used in a variety of fields due to its ability to measure ...
Sep 15, 2025
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New evidence links dementia to problems with the brain's waste clearance system
A study from the Keck School of Medicine of USC has tested a biomarker linked to vascular dementia across four separate groups and proposed an explanation for how cognitive impairment arises. The findings are published in ...
Jan 7, 2025
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Using an AI tool, researchers find poor vascular health accelerates brain aging
Using an AI tool, researchers at Karolinska Institutet have analyzed brain images from 70-year-olds and estimated their brains' biological age. They found that factors detrimental to vascular health, such as inflammation ...
Dec 20, 2024
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Research team finds genetic risk-factor overlap between Alzheimer's disease, and all-cause and vascular dementias
In landmark research, scientists at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) have reported the largest-ever genome-wide association study of dementia from all causes, revealing ...
Sep 17, 2024
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Cerebral small vessel disease burden for bleeding risk during antithrombotic therapy
Antithrombotic agents (blood thinners), which prevent blood clots from forming, are widely used to prevent thromboembolic events such as ischemic stroke and myocardial infarction. This benefit of antithrombotic agents is ...
Dec 29, 2023
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Study reports on contributions to white matter injury in Alzheimer's disease
A new editorial paper titled "Microvascular contributions to white matter injury in Alzheimer's disease" has been published in Aging.
Sep 12, 2023
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AI helps show how the brain's fluids flow
A new artificial intelligence-based technique for measuring fluid flow around the brain's blood vessels could have big implications for developing treatments for diseases such as Alzheimer's.
Jun 13, 2023
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