... 72. By the end of the study, 480 developed dementia.
Researchers found women with the shortest arm spans ... arm span was associated with a lower risk of dementia. With every increased inch in arm span ...
... HDL cholesterol might also be a risk factor for dementia."
Researchers defined low HDL as less ... members were 55 and 61 years, respectively.
Researchers measured lipid concentrations in blood samples ...
... suggested that over 24 million people live with dementia worldwide, with 4.6 million new ... because less than one tenth of all population-based dementia research has been directed towards the two-thirds ...
... Aß42 appear to increase before the onset of Alzheimer's disease and decline shortly after the onset of dementia. Researchers surmise that Aß42 may become trapped in the brain, which could account for ...
Inflammation in the brain resulting from infection or injury may accelerate the progress of dementia, research funded by the Wellcome Trust suggests. The findings, published this week in the journal ...
In the largest randomized trial of ginkgo biloba to date, researchers found that the extract did not prevent or delay memory loss or Alzheimer’s disease.
With as many as 24 million people worldwide afflicted with dementia, researchers are looking for correlations in genetics, diet and environment.
Since many of these people live in low- and middle- ...
... or have high blood
pressure are far more likely to suffer from dementia, research
reveals today.
Smokers aged between 46 and 70 have a 70% higher risk of
developing chronic memory loss ...
... Alzheimer's Research Trust, which part-funded the study, said: "These findings are a leap forward for dementia research. At a time when we are yet to find ways of halting this devastating condition, ...
... , according to a new study. The study began in 2001 and included women at least 78 years old who were free of signs of dementia. Researchers conducted follow-up interviews between 2002 and 2005.
... 50 and again twenty-one years later. Normally, dementia researchers only study late-life individuals. Previous research has shown that an active lifestyle, both intellectually and ...
... reported now in the PNAS, the Pepys team together with Professor Martin Rossor and colleagues from the Dementia Research Centre of UCL's Institute of Neurology, have shown that the drug also removes ...
... years to determine changes in their memory or thinking abilities and to monitor who developed dementia.
Researchers found that individuals who had no cognitive impairment at the start of the study ...
... by Jennifer Palmer, BRACE/Reverend Williams PhD Scholar and colleagues at the University of Bristol's Dementia Research Group is published in the current issue [July 2009] of the American Journal of ...
... to a Mediterranean diet was associated with slower cognitive decline, but was not associated with a decreased risk of dementia. Research regarding the effect physical activity can have on the risk of ...
