by American Heart Association Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainHaving a stroke may significantly increase the risk of developing dementia. The risk of dementia was the highest in the first year after a stroke and remained elevated over a period of 20 years, according to preliminary research presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2024, held...
ByDAVID NIELDFading brain (Naeblys/iStock/Getty Images Plus)While dementia is much more common in older adults, hundreds of thousands of people are diagnosed with young-onset dementia (YOD) each year – and an extensive new study sheds some considerable new light on why. Most previous research in this area has looked at genetics passed down through generations, but...
by Lori Solomon Elevated levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) are associated with an increased risk for all-cause dementia, according to a study published online Nov. 29 in The Lancet Regional Health: Western Pacific. Sultana Monira Hussain, M.B.B.S., M.P.H., Ph.D., from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, and colleagues conducted a post-hoc analysis of the Aspirin...
by American Heart Association Credit: CC0 Public Domain Adults diagnosed with coronary heart disease, especially before the age of 45, may be at increased risk of developing dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia later in life, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association. “Coronary heart disease has previously been...
Melina G. H. E. den Brok, MD1,2; Jan Willem van Dalen, PhD1,2; Zachary A. Marcum, PharmD, PhD5; et alWim B. Busschers, PhD3; Tessa van Middelaar, PhD1,2; Nina Hilkens, PhD1; Catharina J. M. Klijn, PhD1; Eric P. Moll van Charante, PhD3,4; Willem A. van Gool, PhD4; Paul K. Crane, MD, MPH6; Eric B. Larson, MD, MPH6,7;...
by Stephanie Baum , Medical Xpress The relationship between vestibular loss and the risk of dementia. Credit: Scientific Reports (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-42598-wExisting research shows a link between hearing loss and the risk of dementia, and a new study adds to growing evidence that vestibular loss can increase dementia risk as well. Results from this work,...
by Stephanie Baum , Medical Xpress The relationship between vestibular loss and the risk of dementia. Credit: Scientific Reports (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-42598-wExisting research shows a link between hearing loss and the risk of dementia, and a new study adds to growing evidence that vestibular loss can increase dementia risk as well. Results from this work,...
Eve Bender June 30, 2023 Short-term and cyclical use of estrogen and progestin therapy for menopausal symptoms is linked to an increased risk of dementia, results of a large, observational study show. Investigators found that women in their 50s who took hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for menopausal symptoms had a 24% increased risk of developing dementia and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) 20 years later...
Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW March 31, 2023 A magnesium-rich diet has been linked to better brain health, an outcome that may help lower dementia risk, new research suggests. Investigators studied over 6000 cognitively healthy individuals, aged 40-73, and found that those who consumed more than 550 mg of magnesium daily had a brain age approximately 1 year younger...
by Diabetologia Credit: CC0 Public Domain New research published in Diabetologia shows an association between type 2 diabetes (T2D) and developing dementia in later life—with the risk of dementia increasing the earlier a person develops T2D. The study is by Ph.D. student Jiaqi Hu and Professor Elizabeth Selvin of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore,...
