Exercise might provide some measure of protection from Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, according to recently published research.
Light drinkers less prone to dementia?
By
John O'Connor
Dec 01, 2014
Moderate alcohol consumption might help people over the age of 60 preserve cognition, according to recently published findings in the American Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias.
NIH requests additional $321M for Alzheimer’s, dementia research
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 02, 2022
The National Institutes of Health has requested an additional $321 million in fiscal year 2024 for research into Alzheimer’s and other dementias.
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Alzheimer’s disease most prevalent in East, Southeast, first-ever county-level data show
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 18, 2023
East and Southeast US states have the highest prevalence of Alzheimer’s dementia, according to the first county-level study of disease occurrence.
Aggressively reducing Alzheimer’s risk factors could mean 1.2 million fewer disease in 2050: experts
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 15, 2021
Adopting an aggressive plan to reduce risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias by 15% per decade could result in 1.2 million fewer people living with the disease in 2050, according...
Business briefs, June 18
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 18, 2024
Brookdale Senior Living to add gerontologist … CaringKind raises $1.4M at annual gala in support of Alzheimer’s, dementia care … Fitch Ratings affirms Wesley Enhanced Living’s IDR at BB; outlook...
Air pollution tied to risk for dementia
Apr 06, 2023
The trend was seen for fine particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide and nitrogen oxide but not ozone.
One-year mortality 13.4 percent for seniors after major surgery
Oct 25, 2022
THe one-year mortality following major surgery increased for adults aged 65 years or older with frailty or probable dementia.
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By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 27, 2023
Assisted living worker charged with murder after shoving resident … Personality changes prior to cognitive impairment aren’t predictive of dementia … CDC releases COVID-19, RSV vaccine information...