ASA: Nearly one in five people develop dementia after stroke
Feb 08, 2024
In the first year after stroke, there is an almost threefold higher risk for dementia.
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease linked to increased risk for dementia in seniors
Jul 14, 2022
A greater risk for dementia was conferred by comorbid nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and heart disease or stroke.
Where dementia is most prevalent
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 03, 2016
A new tool from the federal government provides county- and state-level prevalence data for Alzheimer’s/dementia and 15 other chronic conditions.
Genetic analyses link vitamin D deficiency to dementia risk
Jul 07, 2022
In Mendelian randomization analyses, 25(OH)D was associated with a risk for dementia but not stroke or neuroimaging outcomes.
21-point brain care score can help predict incident dementia, stroke
Dec 29, 2023
A five-point higher brain care score was linked to a lower risk for incident dementia and stroke in middle-aged and older adults.
Seizures in young stroke survivors double dementia risk
Jul 29, 2022
The findings were seen for all strokes, ischemic strokes and hemorrhagic strokes.
Adult cardiopathy linked to increased risk for dementia
Aug 10, 2022
Only 4 and 9% of this effect was mediated by atrial fibrillation or stroke, respectively.
A-fib linked to increased odds of MCI, dementia in women
Jul 05, 2023
Women with atrial fibrillation and normal baseline cognition had higher risk of disease progression from normal to MCI, MCI to dementia
Catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation cuts risk for dementia, death
Aug 25, 2023
The findings persisted across age, sex and comorbidities.
Dementia, stroke risk linked with diet soda consumption
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 23, 2017
People who drink at least one artificially sweetened beverage a day could have almost three times the risk of developing dementia or stroke compared with those who drink such beverages less than once a...