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Case Western Reserve University study finds caregivers of spouses with dementia enjoy life less
Spouses of husbands and wives with dementia pay an emotional toll as they care for their ailing spouse. This has prompted a call for new interventions and strategies to assist caregivers in coping with the demands of this difficult time, according to a study from Case Western Reserve University's Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences. view more (2008-08-13)
Higher level of certain fatty acid associated with lower dementia risk
Individuals who have higher levels of a fatty acid known as docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in their blood may have a significantly lower risk of developing dementia and Alzheimer's disease. view more (2006-11-14)
Some types of temporary neurological problems associated with increased risk for stroke, dementia
Patients who experience symptoms described as transient neurological attacks, such as temporary amnesia or confusion, may have a higher risk for stroke and dementia. view more (2007-12-26)
Violent sleep disorder linked to a form of dementia
Mayo Clinic researchers and a group of international collaborators have discovered a correlation between an extreme form of sleep disorder and eventual onset of parkinsonism or dementia. view more (2007-05-17)
Study finds mix of disease processes at work in brains of most people with dementia
Few older people die with brains untouched by a pathological process, however, an individual's likelihood of having clinical signs of dementia increases with the number of different disease processes present in the brain. view more (2007-06-14)
Mount Sinai researchers discover novel mechanisms that might causally link type-2 diabetes to Alzheimer's disease
A recent study by Mount Sinai faculty suggests that a gene associated with onset of type-2 diabetes also decreases in Alzheimer's disease dementia cases. view more (2009-04-13)
Is vitamin D deficiency linked to Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia?
There are several risk factors for the development of Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia. Based on an increasing number of studies linking these risk factors with Vitamin D deficiency. view more (2009-05-27)
Does universal health care affect attitude toward dementia?
A new study has found that in spite of their universal health care system which facilitates access to free dementia care, older adults in the United Kingdom are less willing to undergo dementia screening than their counterparts in the U.S. because the Britons perceive greater societal stigma from diagnosis of the disease than do Americans. view more (2009-01-16)
Loneliness associated with increased risk of Alzheimer's disease
Lonely individuals may be twice as likely to develop the type of dementia linked to Alzheimer's disease in late life as those who are not lonely, according to an article in the February issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. view more (2007-02-06)
Prevalence of dementia in the developing world underestimated
Previous estimates of levels of dementia in the developing world may have substantially underestimated the problem, according to research published today. The findings suggest that policymakers in low-income and middle-income countries may need to re-examine the burden and impact that dementia places on their health services. view more (2008-07-28)
High cholesterol in your 40s increases risk of Alzheimer's disease
People with high cholesterol in their early 40s are more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease than those with low cholesterol. view more (2008-04-16)
High cholesterol in midlife raises risk of late-life dementia, Kaiser Permanente study finds
Elevated cholesterol levels in midlife - even levels considered only borderline elevated - significantly increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia later in life. view more (2009-08-04)
Stroke patients may be more likely to experience memory decline
A history of stroke may be associated with progressive memory difficulties in patients without dementia or cognitive impairment. view more (2006-04-11)
Dual treatment of incontinence and dementia associated with functional decline
Older nursing home residents who took medications for dementia and incontinence at the same time had a 50 percent faster decline in function than those who were being treated only for dementia, according to a study from researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and colleagues. view more (2008-05-01)
Autoimmune overload may damage HIV-infected brain
Researchers studying the evolution of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the brain have found that the body's own defenses may cause HIV-related dementia. view more (2005-09-30)
Driving proves potentially hazardous for people with early Alzheimer's
A new study by researchers at Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University finds that people with Alzheimer's Disease (AD) experienced more accidents and performed more poorly on road tests compared to drivers without cognitive impairment. view more (2008-01-24)
Blood Pressure Lowering Therapy May Prevent Dementia in Older Patients With Systolic Hypertension
Patients with high systolic blood pressure who took antihypertensive therapy for a median time of 3.9 years had a reduced incidence of developing dementia according to an article in the October 14 issue of The Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. According to background information in the article, hypertension is... view more... (2002-10-10)
Anti-psychotic drug use in the elderly increases despite drug safety warnings
Three regulatory warnings of serious adverse events slowed the growth of use of atypical antipsychotic drugs among elderly patients with dementia, but they did not reduce the overall prescription rate of these drugs. view more (2008-08-26)
Experts Call For Action To Tackle Dementia In Developing Countries
Caring for someone with dementia in a developing country is a much bigger economic strain than in the developed world because there are little or no support systems in place to help the family, according to psychiatrists leading a study into dementia diagnosis and care arrangements in the developing world. As global ageing will rise significantly... view more... (2001-09-07)
1/3 of risk for dementia attributable to small vessel disease, autopsy study shows
Alzheimer's disease may be what most people fear as they grow older, but autopsy data from a long-range study of 3,400 men and women in the Seattle region found that the brains of a third of those who had become demented before death showed evidence of small vessel damage: the type of small, cumulative injury that can come from hypertension or... view more... (2008-04-07)
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