dementia

Patients with dementia have a lower quality of life due to a lack of activity. For those living in long-term care homes, quality of life can be negatively impacted by a lack of involvement in activities. Additionally, caregivers and family members often become pessimistic about the patient’s ability to become engaged. The findings come from ...click here to read more

Untreated high blood pressure can lead to stroke, dementia and cognitive decline. Stroke is the second leading cause of death and having high blood pressure is a risk factor for having one. Dr. Christian Stapf, a neurologist at the CHUM’s Hôpital Notre-Dame, said, “We live in a society that is being killed by its arteries. ...click here to read more

The flu shot can help protect you against the flu, but new findings suggest that it can also benefit your brain by warding off later-life dementia. The findings came from McMaster University, Canada, where researchers suggest that getting regularly vaccinated for influenza can help protect us from other illnesses later on. Lead researcher professor, Dr. ...click here to read more

A new study has found that changes in humor can be an early sign of dementia. The findings come from the University College London, where researchers found that if humor becomes darker over time, it is an early sign of frontotemporal dementia (FTD). This type of dementia is characterized by changes in behavior, and these ...click here to read more

You may have already heard the news; drinking three flutes of champagne a week can help prevent dementia. But is this another case of too good to be true? Not entirely… Although the findings do suggest that champagne may improve memory, it’s important to fully interpret the findings to determine how it relates to human ...click here to read more

A new study suggests that women who feel extra forgetful could be showing signs of future dementia. Allison Kaup, Ph.D., from the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine said, “We studied older women who noticed themselves having memory problems but who still performed normally on a standard test. These findings raise the possibility ...click here to read more

Although 1.3 million Americans suffer from Lewy body dementia, it is still hard to recognize, which can delay diagnosis and treatment. Researchers have found a three-minute test that may be successful in diagnosing Lewy body dementia and speeding up treatment. Lewy body dementia is characterized by a decline in cognitive function, mobility and changes in ...click here to read more

More seniors are being prescribed antipsychotic drugs, even though no clinical psychiatric diagnoses have been made. Antipsychotic drugs can be beneficial in treating certain mental disorders, but the researchers found that in 2010 nearly one-third of seniors who were prescribed antipsychotic drugs had no documented mental disorder. Furthermore, half of those who actually did have ...click here to read more

Inflammation playing a role in type-2 diabetes is nothing new, but the reduced blood flow that results has also been linked to memory loss and dementia in the elderly. Over the last decade more research has looked at diabetes and the brain. Just this summer, a study published in the journal Neurology outlined that reduced ...click here to read more

A cancer drug rewires Alzheimer’s or dementia affected neurons for memory improvement, according to new findings. The research comes from Rutgers University where researchers gave rats a cancer drug – RGFP966 – and saw the rats were more attentive, retained more information and developed new connections so memories could be transmitted. Lead author, Kasia M. ...click here to read more

Although the exact cause of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease is unknown, there is mounting evidence to suggest that chronic conditions can increase a person’s risk of developing dementia. In the latest study, researchers found that multiple chronic health conditions were associated with a higher risk of dementia or mild cognitive impairment (MCI). The cognitive abilities ...click here to read more

Until very recently tau tangles in the brain were associated with Alzheimer’s disease, but now a recent study out of Australia links tangle buildup in the brain to type-2 diabetes. According to the author of the study Dr. Velandai Srikanth, who is also an associate professor and specialist senior geriatrician at Monash University in Melbourne, ...click here to read more

Researchers of Rush University Medical Center in Chicago have uncovered that individuals with dementia are unaware that their memory is fading. Additionally, this lack of awareness can begin to occur up to three-years prior to diagnosis. Dementia is a condition which impairs a person’s ability to think and speak and leads to memory loss. There ...click here to read more

Researchers have reported nearly 41 million people globally have dementia. The number has grown from 35 million in 2009. Researchers estimate that every two decades the number of cases will double. By 2050 cases of dementia are targeted to reach 135 million. Dementia is commonly thought to be a normal part of aging, but dementia ...click here to read more