Category: Dementia

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – In a new study, UC San Francisco scientists used maps of brain connections to predict how brain atrophy would spread in individual patients with frontotemporal dementia (FTD)….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Recent research from the University of Eastern Finland revealed increased inflammatory activity in a subgroup of patients with frontotemporal dementia (FTD).

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – As dementia progresses, the ability to participate in exercise programs declines.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – It happens unexpectedly: a person long thought lost to the ravages of dementia, unable to recall the events of their lives or even recognize those closest to them….

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – CHICAGO – Previous studies have suggested that attaining a higher level of education may protect a person against dementia to some extent by providing a “cognitive reserve” that buffers against the disease.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Decreased scam awareness among older adults may be a warning sign of future cognitive decline or dementia, and an inability to detect scams also is associated with the development of Alzheimer disease changes in the brain

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Scientists might have found an early detection method for some forms of dementia, according to new research by the University of Arizona and the University of Toronto’s Baycrest Health Sciences Centre.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) – The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a comprehensive guideline for reducing the risk of cognitive decline and dementia.