This sneaky sign of dementia can show up a decade before other symptoms
Nearly 7 million Americans have been diagnosed with dementia, which gradually destroys memory, thinking skills and the ...
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Opioids Tied to Higher Dementia Risk, but Only After a Point
In a nested case-control study, opioid use above 90 total standardized doses (TSDs) was associated with increased all-cause ...
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Cardio Drugs and Dementia; Fampridine and Working Memory; Alzheimer's and Cancer
Long-term use of many common cardiovascular drugs was tied to fewer dementia diagnoses but anti-platelet use of any duration ...
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Earlier Type 2 Diabetes Diagnoses Bring Higher Odds for Dementia
A type 2 diabetes diagnosis before age 50 comes with a health risk that patients might not expect.Especially i ...
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Research studies track dementia mortality, risk factors
Of the 818,800 assisted living residents nationwide, 44% have a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease or related dementias, ...
Family pleads for answers after 80-year-old woman with dementia vanishes from DeKalb County home
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Police are searching for an 80-year-old woman with dementia who wandered off from her DeKalb County home ...
This Unexpected Symptom Could Be an Early Sign of Dementia
While memory loss and cognitive decline are the well-known signs of dementia, this early sensory symptom could show up years ...
Diabetes increases dementia risk in adults younger than 50 — and more
Medical Watch Digest for Nov 19 Diabetes increases dementia risk in adults younger than 50 There is a new warning about ...
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Dementia care workshop to help professionals and caregivers
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - November is National Alzheimer’s Awareness Month and in recognition of that, the Pitt Defeats ...
In dementia fight, Texas might get a welcome boost
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s announcement Monday that he is pushing forward a legislative initiative to fund new research into ...