Sentences with phrase «also lead to dementia»

This can also lead to dementia in the patient.

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The paper, published in the journal Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes), found for the first time that dementia - related complications within the brain can also lead to changes in glucose handling and ultimately diabetes.

Tau levels also increase in the aftermath of traumatic brain injury, which can lead to dementia.

Blood was also taken once from 26 people with Alzheimer's disease and 16 people with frontotemporal dementia, which leads to changes in personality or behavior, and also may affect the memory.

As in prior studies among older adults, we found that obesity was associated with a decreased risk of dementia, consistent with the hypothesis that, while obesity in mid-life may increase risk for later - life cognitive decline and dementia, obesity at older ages may be associated with cognitive and other health advantages.25 - 27 The trend toward a declining risk for dementia in the face of a large increase in the prevalence of diabetes suggests that improvements in treatments between 2000 and 2012 may have decreased dementia risk, along with the documented declines in the incidence of common diabetes - related complications, such as heart attack, stroke, and amputations.11 Our finding of a significant decline between 2000 and 2012 of the heart disease - related OR for dementia would also be consistent with improved cardiovascular treatments leading to a decline in dementia risk.

Scientists have identified the molecular mechanism that leads to the death of neurons in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (also known as ALS or motor neurone disease) and a common form of frontotemporal dementia.

Not only do they aim to determine specific recommendations for healthy aging, but they also hope their research leads to advances in prevention and treatment of «normal» age - related memory loss, and possibly even different forms of dementia as well.

Science is showing that chronic psychological stress can lead to depression and dementia but is also one of the leading causes for the development and progression of physical diseases.

Zoloft (sertraline) and Remeron (mirtazapine), which are both available as generics, also generated more — and more severe — side effects than placebo, leading the researchers to suggest that these and other antidepressants should be reserved for dementia patients whose depression fails to respond to more conservative treatments, such as psychotherapy.

Over time, the combination of excess weight and repetitive head trauma can lead to an increased risk of stroke and chronic traumatic encephalopathy, also known as «boxer's dementia.»

We know that dementia leads strongly to mortality, and also that the brain often limits strength more than muscle capacity, it is wired to allow only safe exertion.

As the film becomes confined to Georges and Anne's well - appointed apartment, we settle in for an observation of the day - to - day as Anne's condition worsens (that's the invasion of privacy referred to in my opener above), and the narrative takes its inevitable course — minor immobility but still - bright sentience giving way to paralysis, dementia, force - feeding, loss of bodily - function control, wailing and terrified / terrifying unrecognizability leading up to the point of the unbearable for both husband and wife — we are also treated to a kaleidoscopic view of this couple's comfort with each other, their familiarity, their annoyances, their casually brutal honesty, and their reflexive care for one another.