By the year 2050, the World Health Organization estimates one in five people will be aged 60 years and above. In Australia, our rapidly aging population means that without a substantial medical breakthrough, the number of ...
Jul 18, 2022
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Young stroke patients who have a seizure following their diagnosis are two and a half times more likely to develop dementia than patients who don't experience seizures, according to a new study by Penn State College of Medicine ...
Jul 15, 2022
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"Smart socks" that track rising distress in the wearer could improve the well-being of millions of people with dementia, non-verbal autism and other conditions that affect communication.
May 10, 2022
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Socioeconomic status is a key indicator of health outcomes, including access to, and quality of health care.
Apr 1, 2022
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Twenty years ago, the Canadian province of Ontario launched an aggressive campaign to tackle stroke from every angle: It hyped prevention and awareness; beefed up its acute care practices and response times; and increased ...
Dec 22, 2021
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Having an elevated resting heart rate in old age may be an independent risk factor of dementia, according to a study at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, published in the journal Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the ...
Dec 10, 2021
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Chronic kidney disease is when a person's kidneys progressively lose their ability to filter waste from the blood and eliminate fluids. Now a new study has found that people with reduced kidney function may have an increased ...
May 5, 2021
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Programs to reduce dementia risk by targeting smoking, high blood pressure and hearing loss are likely to be cost-effective and cost saving by reducing dementia rates by 8.5%, finds a new study by UCL and LSE researchers.
Oct 20, 2020
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People over 55 who live alone are 30% more likely to develop dementia than those who live with others, according to a new UCL-led study.
Jul 23, 2020
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There's good news for people with Parkinson's disease. A new study shows that deep brain stimulation may not increase the risk of developing dementia. The study is published in the July 1, 2020, online issue of Neurology, ...
Jul 1, 2020
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