THURSDAY, Nov. 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Minding your heart health when you’re young could spare your brain from dementia decades later, new research confirms. Chinese researchers looked at data on more than 450,000 older Britons. They found that people who’d already been in poor cardiovascular health before they reachedContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Alzheimer’s patients are notoriously irritable, agitated and anxious – and researchers now think they know why. Brain inflammation appears to influence the mood problems of Alzheimer’s patients, rather than traditional markers of the disease like amyloid beta or tau proteins, researchers report inContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Nov. 28, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Medical imaging for thinking and memory issues happens much later in Black patients than in their white and Hispanic counterparts, new research shows. A study to be presented Thursday at a meeting of radiologists also revealed that Black patients were less often testedContinue Reading
MONDAY, Nov. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Whole grains could be the key to Black people protecting their brains against aging and dementia, a new study reports. Black folks who ate more foods with whole grains appeared to have a slower rate of memory decline than those who ate fewerContinue Reading
MONDAY, Nov. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Middle-aged folks with lots of belly fat surrounding their internal organs appear to be at higher risk for Alzheimer’s disease later in life, a new study suggests. This hidden abdominal fat — known as visceral fat — is related to changes in theContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Nov. 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Shrinkage of one of the brain’s key memory centers appears to herald thinking declines, a new study finds. The region in question is the hippocampus, a two-sided structure located roughly above each ear and embedded deep within the brain’s temporal lobe. It’s longContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The ancient art of tai chi, plus a modern twist, may help older adults reverse mild declines in brain power, a new clinical trial reveals. Researchers found that tai chi classes helped older adults improve their subtle problems with cognition (memory and thinkingContinue Reading
Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Halloween is often frightening for loved ones who have dementia, but there are ways to keep it safe and not scary. “Halloween can be very challenging and stressful for someone with dementia because of how these illnesses impact the brain. Scary sights, frightfulContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 26, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Millions of older Americans may be unaware they have memory and thinking impairments — mostly because their doctors aren’t diagnosing them, new research suggests. After analyzing Medicare data covering 40 million older Americans, researchers found that only a small percentage of expected cases ofContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 26, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Millions of people with diabetes take the drug metformin to control their blood sugar levels. Meant to be taken for the long term, new research now suggests that stopping it early may up the risk of developing thinking and memory problems as patients age.Continue Reading