Much has been learned about SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the novel coronavirus, since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, questions remain about the…
New analysis shows a decrease in prevalence due to education countered by increase due to heart health risk factors. Positive trends in global education access…
Improving air quality may improve cognitive function and reduce dementia risk, according to several studies reported today (July 26, 2021) at the Alzheimer’s Association International…
Good oral health, including dentures, may protect against cognitive decline. Tooth loss is a risk factor for cognitive impairment and dementia–and with each tooth lost,…
Scientists at University of Cincinnati say restoring a brain protein, not removing amyloid plaques, should be the target of Alzheimer’s dementia therapies. Experts estimate more…
In patients with mild cognitive impairment, taking lipophilic statins more than doubles their risk of developing dementia compared to those who do not take statins….
Observational study adds to growing evidence that statin therapy is not associated with cognitive decline and dementia in older adults, but randomized trials are still…
Acoustical environments can prevent, reduce behavioral and psychological symptoms. Designing a soundscape to improve the quality of life for an individual is centered on putting…
‘Cognitive clock’ may enable assessment of risk for memory and thinking problems. How old is your brain compared to your chronological age? A new measure…
The findings demonstrate how the brain’s memory center operates at a ‘watershed’ making it especially vulnerable to damage Study suggests increasing blood flow in the…
Older people with kidney disease have a higher risk of dementia, and the risk increases with the rate and stage of kidney function decline….
Study finds evidence of more brain aging in people living in disadvantaged areas. Middle-age and older people living in more disadvantaged neighborhoods — areas with…
A potential treatment for dementia and epilepsy could look to reduce the amounts of a toxic gas in the brain has been revealed in a…
Scientists from the University of Leeds’s Nutritional Epidemiology Group used data from 500,000 people, discovering that consuming a 25g serving of processed meat a day,…
American actor Robin Williams had a neurodegenerative brain disease called dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB): a distressing disease, with symptoms in common with Alzheimer’s disease…
KAIST mathematicians and their collaborators at Florida State University have identified the principle of how aging and diseases like dementia and obesity cause sleep disorders….
A simple blood test for Alzheimer’s would be a great advance for individuals with — and at risk for — the disease, families, doctors, and…
Older women who eat more than one to two servings a week of baked or broiled fish or shellfish may consume enough omega-3 fatty acids…