About 40% of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by healthy lifestyle choices and preventive medicine. Here's a tool ...

Long-term use of cardiovascular drugs may reduce dementia risk in older adults by up to 25%, while antiplatelet drugs could ...

Common cardiovascular drugs are linked to a lower risk of ... no cure for dementia, so it's important to find preventive measures," says Alexandra Wennberg. The researchers stress the importance ...

Stress wreaks havoc on the body, but one lesser-known effect is the inflammation it causes in your brain. Chronic stress, and ...

Medical experts are increasingly focusing on the complex link between stress and breast cancer. Chronic stress can weaken ... all of which are established risk factors for breast cancer.

Historical policies shaping educational attainment have enduring benefits for later life memory and risk of dementia, ...

Those who demonstrated a decrease in walking speed by at least 2 inches per second a year — along with slower cognitive ability — had a higher risk of dementia, as compared to individuals ...

Having a higher level of cardiorespiratory fitness reduced the risk for cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s, even in people at ...

Of the 818,800 assisted living residents nationwide, 44% have a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease or related dementias, ...

A study by researchers presents their low cost, scalable methodology for the early identification of individuals at risk of developing dementia. While the condition remains incurable, there are a ...