Bladder cancer treatment may lower risk for Alzheimer’s and related dementias
Jun 12, 2023
A greater effect was seen for patients aged 70 years and older at time of bacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccination.
Exposure to air pollution may raise risk for dementia
Oct 27, 2022
“…[O]ur hope is these findings empower people to take an active role in reducing their exposure to pollution,” a researcher said in a statement.
Cognitively stimulating jobs may lower risk for dementia
Aug 19, 2021
“A possible mechanism for this association is the finding that cognitive stimulation is associated with lower levels of plasma proteins that might inhibit axonogenesis and synaptogenesis and increase...
Midlife insomnia may increase risk for later dementia
Sep 22, 2023
A similar heightened risk was seen among adults with short sleep duration.
AI may help predict mortality in dementia patients
Mar 05, 2024
The prediction was feasible across time frames using certain clinical features.
Bilateral oophorectomy may up risk for developing dementia
Feb 09, 2022
“Risk-reducing oophorectomy should be limited to those women with an inherited high risk for cancer,” the medical director of the North American Menopause Society said.
Untreated depression may increase later dementia risk
Oct 28, 2022
“This indicates that timely treatment of depression is needed among those with late-life depression,” a coauthor said in a statement. “Providing depression treatment for those with late-life...
Psychotic disorders may raise risk for later dementia
Oct 18, 2022
The dementia risk more than doubled compared with people without psychotic disorders.
Social isolation may be independent risk factor for dementia
Jun 10, 2022
Lower gray matter volumes in temporal, frontal, other regions were seen in socially isolated individuals.
Cranberry supplements may aid memory in older adults
May 24, 2022
Improvement in neural functioning also was seen during a 12-week intervention.