The three heart conditions that raise your dementia risk – and how to protect against them
There are 900,000 currently living with dementia in the UK and that’s predicted to rise to 1.6 million by 2050. Frightening ...
Dementia may arrive a decade earlier in men at high risk for heart disease, study finds
Being at higher risk of heart disease may cause dementia to appear in men a decade before it will occur in similarly at-risk ...
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Can developing type 2 diabetes before age 50 raise dementia risk?
Getting diagnosed with type 2 diabetes before the age of 50 may increase one's risk of developing dementia by 1.9 times, a ...
Your Sleep Can Affect Dementia Risk, Study Says: Neurologists Explain The Link
Good sleep is crucial for your overall health, but new research suggests it could impact your dementia risk, too. That’s the ...
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You can reduce your risk of dementia. Here's how to get started
About 40% of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by healthy lifestyle choices and preventive medicine. Here's a tool ...
Research links wildfire smoke exposure with increased dementia risk
As Baby Boomers hit retirement, about 1 in 6 Americans is now over the age of 65. The number of Americans living with ...
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Dementia risk prediction: Zero-minute assessment at less than a dollar cost
A study by researchers presents their low cost, scalable methodology for the early identification of individuals at risk of developing dementia. While the condition remains incurable, there are a ...
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Staying fit may lower dementia risk even in those genetically predisposed
High cardiorespiratory fitness could help lower a person's risk of dementia even if they are genetically predisposed to it, a recent study has found.
Dementia risk could be linked to walking speed, study suggests
A slower walking pace could be a sign of cognitive decline or dementia, a new study suggests. Researchers and other experts ...
Concerning Study Reveals That Aspirin and Other Popular Drugs Could Increase Your Risk of Dementia
Long-term use of cardiovascular drugs may reduce dementia risk in older adults by up to 25%, while antiplatelet drugs could ...
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Groups to research dementia risk factors
The project shared research findings of three of the 12 risk factors that the team will study. The first was a report that people currently smoking five cigarettes per day have a 16% higher dementia ...