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June 4, 2020
Certain Personality Traits May Affect Risk of “Pre-Dementia”
A study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society examined five personality traits—neuroticism, extraversion, conscientiousness, agreeableness, and openness—and their links to pre-dementia conditions called motoric cognitive risk (MCR) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) syndromes
September 19, 2019
Mutant Protein Fails to Modulate Neuronal Activity, Leading to Dementia
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September 5, 2019
PROTEIN TANGLES LINKED WITH DEMENTIA SEEN FOR FIRST TIME IN PATIENTS’ BRAINS
Scientists have visualised for the first time protein ‘tangles’ associated with dementia in the brains of…
April 4, 2019
Gut bacteria may be the key to dementia risk factors
Household carers of people with dementia are six times more likely to develop the disease in…
January 30, 2019
“Bugs” in the gut might predict dementia in the brain
he makeup of bacteria and other microbes in the gut may have a direct association with…
December 14, 2018
New genetic clues to early-onset form of dementia
Unlike the more common Alzheimer’s disease, frontotemporal dementia tends to afflict young people. It accounts for…
November 21, 2018
MRI scans shows promise in predicting dementia
One day, MRI brain scans may help predict whether older people will develop dementia, new research…
September 6, 2018
Smoking Linked to Higher Dementia Risk
In an Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology analysis of nationwide health claims from Korea, men who smoked…
July 25, 2018
Reproductive history may affect dementia risk
Research reported this week at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Chicago highlighted results of the…
May 7, 2018
Dementia Risk Doubles Following Concussion, UCSF Study Shows
Head Blows Without Loss of Conscious May Cause Brain Changes that Induce, Accelerate Cognitive Decline