By Karla Walsh Published on March 29, 2023 Reviewed by Dietitian Jessica Ball, M.S., RD PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES Your bones and brain seem like two fairly separate systems, right? The brain tells the muscles how to move the bones, true. But otherwise, when you look at neurons vs. osteoblasts, smarts vs. structure; these body parts don’t...
Megan Brooks February 24, 2023 Regular use of over-the-counter laxatives has been tied to a significantly increased risk of dementia, particularly among those who use multiple types of laxatives or osmotic laxatives. Among more than 500,000 middle-aged or older adults in the UK Biobank, those who reported regular laxative use had a 51% increased risk of dementia...
Megan Brooks February 16, 2023 Treatment with the thiazolidinedione pioglitazone may offer the greatest protection against dementia for older adults with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) who have a history of stroke or ischemic heart disease, new research suggests. Overall, in a large cohort study from Korea, patients who took pioglitazone were 16% less likely to develop dementia over an average of...
Megan Brooks February 16, 2023 Treatment with the thiazolidinedione pioglitazone may offer the greatest protection against dementia for older adults with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) who have a history of stroke or ischemic heart disease, new research suggests. Overall, in a large cohort study from Korea, patients who took pioglitazone were 16% less likely to develop dementia over an...
Certain sleep medications may raise one’s risk of developing dementia, according to new research. Stocksy/Getty Images FreshSplash/Getty Images Sleep disturbances, which are common as people get older, have been associated with an increased risk of all types of dementia. According to the CDC, more than 10% of older adults in the United States take medications...
Steve Stiles April 29, 2022 The risk for dementia goes up in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), but some evidence suggests that risk can be blunted with therapies that restore sinus rhythm. But a new cohort study suggests that the treatment effect’s magnitude might depend on the rhythm control strategy. It hinted that AF catheter ablation might...
By Annabelle Timsit January 26, 2023 at 10:49 a.m. EST A new study of more than 29,000 older adults has identified six habits — from eating a variety of foods to regularly reading or playing cards — that are linked with a lower risk of dementia and a slower rate of memory decline. Eating a...
by Erin Howe, University of Toronto Credit: CC0 Public Domain A class of medication for type 2 diabetes may help older people with the condition reduce their risk of dementia. The findings are contained in a new study by Walter Swardfager, an assistant professor of pharmacology and toxicology at the Temerty Faculty of Medicine and...
By MANSUR SHAHEEN DEPUTY HEALTH EDITOR FOR DAILYMAIL.COM PUBLISHED: 18:30 EDT, 11 October 2022 | UPDATED: 18:30 EDT, 11 October 2022 A class of diabetes drugs that have fallen out of fashion may help prevent Alzheimer’s, a major study suggests. Thiazolidinediones (TZDs) reduced the risk of developing the disease by more than a fifth in a study of more than half...
by University of Birmingham Credit: CC0 Public Domain People who experience frequent bad dreams in middle age are more likely to be diagnosed with dementia later in life, according to research at the University of Birmingham. A new study, published in The Lancet journal, EClinicalMedicine, suggests nightmares may become prevalent several years or even decades before the characteristic...
