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.
Psoriasis not linked to preclinical markers of dementia
Sep 07, 2021
After adjustment for confounders, psoriasis may be linked to lower risk for developing dementia.
Vestibular system impairment tied to fall risk in Alzheimer’s patients
Mar 18, 2022
A significant association was seen between semicircular canal function with lower likelihood of falls in adjusted analysis.
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.
Ultraprocessed food consumption linked to dementia risk
Jul 28, 2022
Replacing ultraprocessed foods weight in diet with an equivalent proportion of unprocessed or minimally processed foods may lower risk.
Biden pledges to lower prescription drug prices for Americans
Dec 07, 2021
But the biggest policy change — letting Medicare negotiate prices for prescription drugs — will not start to lower costs until 2025.
Cataract extraction linked to lower risk for dementia development
Dec 07, 2021
No significant association was seen for glaucoma surgery with dementia risk in a prospective study involving older adults.
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...
Relapse risk for psychosis in dementia lower with continued pimavanserin
Jul 22, 2021
The findings were seen in a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled discontinuation trial that was stopped early for efficacy.
Healthy lifestyle may lower dementia risk despite genetics
May 26, 2022
Higher scores in Life’s Simple 7 at midlife were linked to a lower risk for dementia across the range of genetic risk.