Scientists find a new contributor to Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer's disease is a brain disorder that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills and, eventually, the ability to carry out the simplest tasks.
In most...
Treating depression timely may reduce dementia risk
Over 55 million people worldwide live with dementia, a disabling neurocognitive condition that mainly affects older adults.
No effective treatment for dementia exists but identifying ways to help...
This hormone linked to less brain shrinkage in midlife women
Estrogen is a steroid hormone linked to the female reproductive organs and is responsible for developing female sexual characteristics.
In a study from Alzheimer's Research UK,...
What foods you eat together may affect your dementia risk
Dementia is the loss of cognitive functioning — thinking, remembering, and reasoning — to such an extent that it interferes with a person's daily...
Eat your way to a healthy brain
Research has found that the volume of the brain and/or its weight declines with age at a rate of around 5% per decade after...
MIND and Mediterranean diets could help delay Parkinson’s disease
The Mediterranean diet is a diet inspired by the eating habits of people who live near the Mediterranean Sea.
The diet contains many plant-based foods like fruits...
Bottom blood pressure number could help predict your dementia risk
In a recent study from the University of Miami, scientists found that the bottom number (diastolic blood pressure) on a blood pressure test could...
Eating more fish may protect the brain from vascular disease
Heart and vascular, or cardiovascular, diseases include conditions such as arrhythmias, coronary heart disease, heart attack, high blood pressure, congenital heart defects, vascular dementia, and...
A high-fiber diet may lower your dementia risk
Dementia is not a specific disease but is rather a general term for the impaired ability to remember, think, or make decisions that interfere...
Talk therapy could improve mental health in people with dementia
People with dementia may have mood changes, becoming irritable, tearful, anxious, depressed, or agitated.
In a study from University College London, scientists found people living...