Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is common among military veterans and has been associated with an increased risk of dementia. Whether this is due to an increased risk for Alzheimer's disease is the focus of a new study in the ...
Mar 27, 2023
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A new study suggests that reducing systolic blood pressure below the clinically safe threshold of 120 mmHg over time may produce slight health-protective benefits against late-life dementia and help reduce racial and ethnic ...
Jul 15, 2024
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Investigators analyzing the potential cognitive effects of antidiabetic medications in records of more than 1.5 million patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) found risks of dementia and Alzheimer's disease (AD) were ...
Jul 11, 2024
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People born with heart defects who survive into adulthood may be at higher risk of developing dementia, particularly dementia that starts before 65 years of age, according to new research in the American Heart Association's ...
Feb 12, 2018
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While rates of dementia for the U.S. population have been relatively stable or in decline since 2000, rates for Black Americans remain disproportionately high, according to a new study published in JAMA Neurology.
Dec 11, 2020
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(HealthDay)—Multiple pathways account for the age-related increases in dementia risk, according to a study recently published in the Annals of Neurology.
Sep 25, 2018
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Volunteering in your free time is a good thing. For example, it can strengthen the team spirit in a club, is beneficial to the environment and provides support to older people. However, something that has not yet been the ...
Jul 19, 2023
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The use of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) was associated with a reduction in dementia risk compared to traditional blood thinners—like warfarin—in atrial fibrillation patients, particularly in Asian patients. According ...
Sep 5, 2023
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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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Both a high-intensity functional exercise programme and a non-exercise group activity, conducted among older care facility residents with dementia, reduced high levels of depressive symptoms. However, exercise had no superior ...
May 3, 2016
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