Alzheimer’s study finds diet, lifestyle changes yield improvements Tantalizing new research suggests intensive diet and lifestyle changes may not only forestall cognitive decline related to Alzheimer’s disease but possibly bring some improvement to those in early stages
2024 NIH Alzheimers and Related Dementias Research Progress Report . . . Researchers have identified new genetic, behavioral, environmental, and lifestyle risk and protective factors for dementia; advanced research into behavioral and lifestyle interventions to reduce dementia risk; and developed improved diagnostic tools to help determine the cause of a person’s dementia symptoms
Risk and future burden of dementia in the United States Aging of the U S population is expected to cause the number of new dementia cases per year to double by 2060 The findings highlight the need for strategies to prevent dementia and provide more help for those with dementia
Study strengthens link between shingles vaccine and lower dementia risk In a new study led by Stanford Medicine, researchers analyzing the health records of Welsh older adults discovered that those who received the shingles vaccine were 20% less likely to develop dementia over the next seven years than those who did not receive the vaccine
New dementia cases in US projected to double to 1 million by 2060: Study New cases of dementia in the United States are projected to double in the next three decades, a new study suggests The study, published this week in the journal Nature Medicine, looked at more than 15,000 people and estimated the lifetime risk of dementia from ages 55 to 95
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The Latest Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Dementia New diagnostic tools have helped early diagnoses of dementia Currently, research is ongoing both on the pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment of dementia In the journey to combat dementia, knowledge is our greatest weapon
Lifetime risk and projected burden of dementia - Nature Using data from a community-based, prospective cohort study (n = 15,043; 26 9% Black race, 55 1% women and 30 8% with at least one apolipoprotein E4 (APOE ε4) allele), we estimated the lifetime
United States Dementia Cases Estimated to Double by 2060 A new study shows that the risk of developing dementia at any time after age 55 among Americans is 42 percent, more than double the risk reported by older studies That dementia risk translates into an estimated half-million cases this year, rising to a million new cases a year by 2060, according to the new work