The research is clear that for young and middle - aged adults, untreated hypertension appears to increase the risk
of developing dementia later in life.
But either way, they say that chronic sleep problems may be a sign that someone is at higher - than - average risk for
developing dementia later in life.
Researchers found that people who experienced lesser amounts of REM sleep are more at risk of
developing dementia in the long run.
In a first - of - its - kind study, scientists examined the brains of soccer players
who developed dementia before dying.
Future studies will need to explore how leafy, green vegetables might contribute to brain function or if there is any link to whether
people develop dementia.
If you don't, you could be putting yourself at greater risk
for developing dementia, diabetes, kidney disease, and cancer, among other things.
In comparison, after the same period of time, only 15 percent of those who did
not develop dementia during the study had become depressed.
This book discusses nutritional interventions that can promote brain health to decrease the risk of
developing dementia as well as slow the progression of the disease in those diagnosed with dementia.
The researchers found that participants with a hypertension onset age of 80 to 89 years had a significantly lower risk of
developing dementia compared with participants with no history of hypertension.
People with mild cognitive impairment are at one - in - 10 risk of
developing dementia within a year — and the risk is markedly higher among those with depression.
But their research with the veterans is ongoing, and they will continue to study them to see who does and does
not develop dementia in the future.
Some studies have shown that people who drink some coffee every day are less likely to
develop dementia later in life.
Initially, the research team found that the women taking calcium supplements were twice as likely to
develop dementia as women who did not take supplements.
Low sex hormone levels significantly impact memory and replacing estrogen at menopause may lessen your risk
for developing dementia.
People with type 2 diabetes have double the risk of
developing dementia compared to someone without diabetes, according to background information in the study.
The researchers also discovered that a brain injury in your 20s increases the risk of
developing dementia in your 50s by 60 percent.
But black people were 40 percent more likely to
develop dementia if they'd been born in a state with high infant mortality.
On average, veterans with
TBI developed dementia two years earlier than those without TBI, or at age 78.5 compared to 80.7.
Published in Neurology scientists report that women who develop high blood pressure in their 40s may be more likely to
develop dementia years later.
Compared to people taking another class of diabetes medications called sulfonylureas, those taking metformin had a 20 percent reduced risk of
developing dementia over the five - year study period.
Washington University will soon lead a clinical trial aimed at preventing people with Alzheimer's disease
from developing dementia.
Seventeen of 20, or 85 percent, of people who
developed dementia with Lewy bodies had a normal hippocampus volume; whereas, 37 of the 61, or 61 percent, of people who developed Alzheimer's disease had hippocampus atrophy.
Last year Bak and his colleagues, including Dr. Suvarna Alladi of Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences in Hyderabad, India, found that people in India who spoke more than one language from a very young age
developed dementia about four years later, on average, compared to those who spoke only one language.
The findings, published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, could help explain how some older adults with beta - amyloid deposits in their brain retain normal cognitive function while
others develop dementia.
A Drink Might Boost Cognition and Creativity, and Potentially Fight Off the Flu A study published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease finds evidence that adults who drink moderately and regularly have a higher chance of not only living longer, but doing so
without developing dementia or other cognitive impairment...
While Aβ is made in all human brains as they age, differences in the rate at which it is produced and eliminated from the brain and in how it affects neurons, means that not
everyone develops dementia.
Seeing the need to fill the knowledge gap, Abraham Brody, PhD, RN, GNP - BC, an assistant professor at the New York University College of Nursing (NYUCN) and associate director, Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing (HIGN),
recently developed the Dementia Symptom Management at Home (DSM - H).
Even if progressively smaller percentages of the growing elderly
population develop dementia in years to come, Haaga says, Alzheimer's «is already the most expensive disease in the U.S., and it will continue to grow.»
Raghanti and colleagues plan to go back to the same chimp brains to calculate neuron death, but proving that
chimps develop dementia will require research on living animals.
Researchers back then found that exposure to aluminum caused rabbits» brains to develop nerve cell damage — thought to be a precursor to Alzheimer's at the time — and long - term dialysis patients with high levels of the
metal developed dementia.
The study tracked 2,947 women, ages 65 to 79, over five years and found that 28 of the women on
estrogen developed dementia, compared with only 19 of those on placebos.
The A4 study was designed to evaluate safety, tolerability and efficacy of Solanezumab in older individuals who have normal thinking and memory function but who may be at risk for
developing dementia related to Alzheimer's disease (AD) in the future.