Scientists show an important cause of dementia in some older people
Scientists from UCLA and Washington University in St. Louis found that traumatic brain injury can be a cause of dementia in some older adults.
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Use of antibiotics in midlife linked to later cognitive decline in women
Scientists from Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard found a link between the use of antibiotics by middle-aged women and cognitive decline later in life.
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Sleep apnea linked to increased risk of dementia
Scientists from Monash University found that obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been linked to an increased risk of dementia.
They found that severe OSA is...
Scientists find how to treat depression and dementia from eyes
Scientists from The University of Hong Kong found that the electrical stimulation of the eye surface can reduce depression-like symptoms and improve cognitive function.
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Scientists find new drug for incurable vascular dementia
Scientists from the University of Manchester found a drug already used to treat high blood pressure could be re-purposed as the first treatment to...
This stroke drug shows promise in treating Alzheimer’s and dementia
Scientists from the University of Southern California found a human stroke drug, fast-tracked by the Food and Drug Administration, shows that it might also...
Thyroid problems linked to higher risk of dementia in older people
Scientists from Brown University found that older people with hypothyroidism, also called underactive thyroid, may be at increased risk of developing dementia.
The risk of...
1 in 5 people who died from COVID-19 in the last two years had...
Scientists from Alzheimer's Research UK found that just over one in five (21.8%) individuals who died of COVID-19 between 2020 and 2021 were living...
What is frontotemporal dementia?
Frontotemporal disorders (FTD), sometimes called frontotemporal dementia, are the result of damage to neurons in the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain.
Many possible...
Midlife chronic health conditions linked to higher dementia risk later
Scientists from the University of Paris found having two or more chronic conditions (known as multimorbidity) in middle age is linked to an increased...