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Acute Care for Cannabis Use Increases Risk for Subsequent New Dementia Diagnosis
FRIDAY, April 18, 2025 – Individuals seeking acute care for cannabis use have an increased risk for a new dementia diagnosis compared with those with all-cause hospital-based care or the general...
Heavy Drinking Linked To Brain Damage, Increased Risk Of Dementia
THURSDAY, April 10, 2025 – Heavy drinkers have an increased risk of developing brain lesions associated with memory and thinking problems, a new study says. Folks who imbibe eight or more alcoholic...
Anti-Amyloid Drug Shows Promise In Preventing Alzheimer's
MONDAY, March 24, 2025 – The best evidence yet that cutting-edge Alzheimer’s disease drugs might indeed ward off the degenerative brain disease has emerged from a small-scale study. An experimental d...
Most Dementia Patients Unaware of Diagnosis
TUESDAY, Jan. 21, 2025 – Many elderly people and their caregivers don’t know a doctor has diagnosed them with dementia. More than three-quarters of patients with dementia were not aware of their d...
Earlier Type 2 Diabetes Diagnoses Bring Higher Odds for Dementia
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 20, 2024 -- A type 2 diabetes diagnosis before age 50 comes with a health risk that patients might not expect. Especially if they are obese, these folks are more likely to develop ...
Dementia Death Rates in U.S. Older Adults Fluctuated From 2018 to 2022
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 13, 2024 – Age-adjusted dementia deaths rates were stable between 2018 and 2019, then increased in 2020 and decreased slightly in 2022, according to a report published in the...
Money, Education Helps Determine Your Odds for Dementia
FRIDAY, Nov. 1, 2024 – Folks with more money and better education are at less risk for developing dementia as they grow older, a new study shows. People with advantaged backgrounds are less likely...
Scientists Discover the Brain's Waste-Disposal System, With Clues to Alzheimer's Disease
TUESDAY, Oct. 8, 2024 – The brain has a waste-disposal system that clears away junk proteins that contribute to the development of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, a new study finds. Advanced i...
Cognitively Stimulating Leisure Activity Protects From Further Cognitive Decline
THURSDAY, Sept. 19, 2024 – High levels of cognitively stimulating leisure activity (CSLA) in older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) can slow further decline, according to a study recently...
Cholinesterase Inhibitors Beneficial for Dementia With Lewy Bodies
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 28, 2024 – Cholinesterase inhibitors (ChEIs) are beneficial for patients with dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), according to a study published online Aug. 23 in Alzheimer's &...
An Alzheimer's Drug May Also Slow Lewy Body Dementia
MONDAY, Aug. 24, 2024 – A type of drug used to treat Alzheimer’s disease appears to slow the progression of Lewy body dementia, the brain disease that afflicted comedian Robin Williams prior to his s...