Developing heart disease faster means higher dementia risk
Cardiovascular disease risk factors, like high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity, and smoking, are believed to play key roles in the likelihood of developing cognitive...
COVID-19 infection gives people strong and long-lasting protection
Scientists from Providence found the level of protection granted by a prior COVID-19 infection among unvaccinated people was on par with the level of...
Can Controlling High Blood Pressure Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease?
Controlling high blood pressure is known to reduce a person's risk for heart disease and stroke.
The NASEM committee of experts concluded that managing blood...
Check the link between diabetes, heart disease, stroke
Having diabetes means you are more likely to develop heart disease.
People with diabetes are also more likely to have certain risk factors, such as high...
Scientists find an important cause of dementia
Scientists from UCLA and elsewhere found that brain injury is a cause of dementia in some older adults.
They find that, with the use of...
Some cannabis products look like popular snacks, and it is confusing
Scientists from NYU found that some cannabis edibles look remarkably like popular snack foods and may be easily confused for them.
These "copycat" edibles also...
US Alzheimer’s cases will nearly triple by 2060, study finds
Scientists from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that By 2060, almost 14 million Americans will suffer from Alzheimer's disease, a...
These 5 diseases attack your language areas in brain
Scientists from Northwestern Medicine found that there are five different diseases that attack the language areas in the left hemisphere of the brain that...
Mental illness linked to higher death risk in heart disease
Scientists from the the University of Birmingham found that compared to the general population, people with severe mental illness, including schizophrenia, have a higher...
Making healthy choices could reduce Alzheimer’s risk
No effective treatment for Alzheimer's disease exists, even though more than 5 million Americans have it.
But what if there was a way to reduce...