MONDAY, Aug. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Certain adult vaccines, including shingles and pneumonia shots, may also help seniors fight off Alzheimer’s disease, new research reveals. Prior vaccination with the shingles vaccine, pneumococcus vaccine or the tetanus and diphtheria shot, with or without an added pertussis vaccine, are associated withContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 17, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Two recently approved treatments offer newfound hope for patients in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease, but most people who could benefit will likely be deemed ineligible, a new study finds. Alzheimer’s affects about 6.7 million Americans age 65 and older. But onlyContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Aug. 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) — People who daily breathe in air pollution, particularly from wildfires or agricultural sources, might need to add a heightened risk of dementia to their list of health concerns. New research looked at the potential effects of particle pollution on dementia, finding an associationContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 10, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Older adults who use certain heartburn medications for years may have a heightened risk of developing dementia, a new study suggests. The study, published Aug. 9 in the journal Neurology, is the latest to point to potential hazards from prolonged use of medicationsContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Yoga is known for its benefits to both the mind and body. And a gentle form of yoga may be an ideal early intervention technique for older women at risk of Alzheimer’s disease, new research suggests. In a small study involving kundalini yoga,Continue Reading
THURSDAY, Aug. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Black Americans are less likely to be seen at a memory clinic than their white peers. So too are folks from neighborhoods that are poor and lack educational and job opportunities, according to a new study. That could mean later diagnosis and treatmentContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Scientists have struggled for decades to come up with something that can successfully treat Alzheimer’s disease, with new drugs now showing their ability to clear the amyloid plaques that are a hallmark of the memory-robbing disease. But what if a vaccine could doContinue Reading
THURSDAY, July 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Americans in ethnic and racial minority groups are underrepresented in Alzheimer’s research, a new study finds. Still, the review of U.S.-based Alzheimer’s disease brain imaging studies found the gap is closing. Compared with white patients, Hispanic Americans are nearly two times more likelyContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 26, 2023 (HealthDay News) — People who carry a gene that’s associated with Alzheimer’s disease may lose their sense of smell long before memory and thinking problems occur, a new study suggests. This early sign of potential dementia is not seen in people who don’t carry this gene,Continue Reading
TUESDAY, July 25, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Emergency rooms can be a frightening place for people suffering from dementia, yet each year 1.4 million Americans with Alzheimer’s or other dementias wind up in crowded, noisy ERs, a new study finds. Dementia is responsible for nearly 7% of all ER visitsContinue Reading