Living Alone in Your 50s and 60s? Dementia Found to Be 30% More Likely: Study

Medicine & Technology Jul 22, 2020

A recent study finds that elderly people living alone are 30% more likely to develop dementia. Experts believe that living alone is associated with increased stress, feelings of loneliness, and lack of cognitive stimulation, which might have contributed to the increasing number of cases.

Women Who Went to School Longer Have Lower Risk of Dementia: New Study

Jun 08, 2020

Women who spent long years hitting the books and attending school are less likely to develop memory loss and dementia, researchers of a new study claim. Furthermore, the authors say that Alzheimer's disease might not be in the books for these women with the help of their previous education. Click the link above to learn more.

No to Dementia: Drink Red Wine, Eat Dark Chocolates and Other Flavonoid-Rich Foods

May 07, 2020

Eating berries, dark chocolates and drinking tea could help stave off dementia, according to researchers who studied diets of adults aged 50 years and above for 20 years.

Racial Disparities In Drug Prescriptions For Dementia

Jan 30, 2020

They found that Asian people with dementia were 14% less likely than white patients to be prescribed anti-dementia drugs.

Dementia is not an Inevitable Disease According to a Research Charity

Nov 18, 2019

Although dementia is known to affect older people (especially people about 65 years old), some cases of the disease can develop earlier often exhibiting different issues for the affected person.

Ex-Football Players 3.5x More Likely To Die From Dementia

Oct 22, 2019

A new study reveals that former professional football players are three and a half times more likely to die from dementia. This study comes after Jeff Astle died from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) attributed to repeated head trauma back in 2002.

Walking May Help Identify The Type of Dementia On Patients

Sep 21, 2019

A new study suggests that if only people looked closer on a patient’s walking patterns, it will reveal the type of dementia that they have.

Keep Dimentia at Bay with these Three Tips

Jun 21, 2019

The older that people get, the more at risk they are of cognitive impairment.

Developing Dementia: Here Are Risk Factors To Watch Out For

May 15, 2019

If you are a smoker, your risk of developing dementia are much higher.

New Ways of Reducing Depression and Anxiety in Dementia Caregivers

May 02, 2019

Caregivers who learned the skills had less depression, better self-reported physical health, more feelings of happiness and other positive emotions than the control group

A New Type of Dementia Has Been Identified

May 01, 2019

Millions of people, mostly the elderly, have been diagnosed with a form of dementia

Early Detection of Alzheimer's Prior to Onset of Symptoms Now Possible

Apr 18, 2019

New technique in the use of standard MRI data paves the way for fast, early and accurate detection of dementia.

New Blood Pressure Drug Has Potential of Treating Parkinson and Dementia in Animal Study

Apr 18, 2019

The drug can induce autophagy in several neurodegenerative conditions

Dementia can kill you, but how?

Mar 16, 2019

Dementia deaths have more than doubled in the U.S. in less than two decades, a new government report shows.

Moderate Alcohol Drinkers Might Have Higher Risk Of Losing Memory And Thinking Skills, Study Says

Jun 08, 2017

Records reveal that moderate drinkers are exposed to a high risk of a faster memory thinking and language skills decline.