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Social isolation linked to dementia risk factors: Study
Updated : 1 hour, 43 min ago IST
According to a new study published in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Kimia Shafighi of McGill University in Canada and colleagues, social lifestyle determinants, including social isolation, are associated with neurodegeneration risk factors.
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Weight loss could be early predictor of Alzheimer's disease in Down syndro
Updated : 6 hours, 52 min ago IST
Unintentional weight loss in people with Down syndrome may predict the onset of Alzheimer's disease long before typical cognitive symptoms like memory loss and dementia are apparent.
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Research explores if sleep medications increase your chances of dementia
Updated : 1 day, 7 hours ago IST
A new study shows that sleep medications increase the risk of dementia in whites. But the type and quantity of the medication may be factors in explaining the higher risk.
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Head injury associated with doubled mortality rate in long term: Study
Updated : 3 days, 10 hours ago IST
Adults who suffered any type of head injury during a 30-year study period had twice the rate of mortality as those who did not, according to new research, and mortality rates among those with moderate or severe head injuries were nearly three times higher.
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Study find out the potential cause of dementia
Updated : 3 days, 16 hours ago IST
As per a new study, some patients with behavioural-variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD), an incurable condition that makes patients lose their ability to control their behaviour and cope with daily living, may instead have a cerebrospinal fluid leak, which is often treatable.
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Head injuries linked to double death rate in long run: Research
Updated : 4 days, 14 hours ago IST
Adults who sustained any form of brain injury during a 30-year study period had double the rate of mortality as those who did not, according to new research, while mortality rates among those with moderate or severe head injuries were nearly three times higher.
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Study: Slower memory decline in older adults linked to healthy lifestyle
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Even for carriers of the apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene - the strongest known risk factor for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias - a healthy lifestyle was found to slow memory loss
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HRT could ward off Alzheimer's among at-risk women: Research
Updated : 6 days, 10 hours ago IST
Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) could help prevent Alzheimer's Dementia among women at risk of developing the disease, according to University of East Anglia research.
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Study: Head injury is associated with doubled mortality rate long-term
Updated : 6 days, 11 hours ago IST
Adults who suffered any head injury during a 30-year study period had two times the rate of mortality than those who did not have any head injury, and mortality rates among those with moderate or severe head injuries were nearly three times higher, according to new research from the Perelman
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Study reveals potential cause of dementia
Updated : 1 week, 1 day ago IST
According to a new study, some patients with behavioural-variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD), an incurable condition that make patients of lose their ability to control their behaviour and cope with daily living but researchers found that patients may instead have a cerebrospinal fluid l
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Researchers reveal head injury linked with doubled mortality rate in long
Updated : 1 week, 2 days ago IST
According to new research, adults who suffered any type of head injury during a 30-year study period had twice the rate of mortality as those who did not, and mortality rates among those with moderate or severe head injuries were nearly three times higher.
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Orienteering can train brain, aid in prevention of cognitive decline: Stud
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
Orienteering, a sport that requires athleticism, navigational abilities, and memory, may be effective as an intervention or preventive approach to battle cognitive loss associated with dementia, according to new research.
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