Tag: dementia symptoms
Early Onset Dementia Traced to Mostly Preventable Adolescent Risk Factors
Hard to think that at 65 you can have dementia. Somethingin the wiring going haywire. Some attribute it to genes. This study suggests otherwise. From my about.com blog… I have been running into more and more people who have early onset dementia. It is a sad reality. A new JAMA...
Smoke? Overweight? High BP? You Are More Likely to Have Cognitive Impairment Later in Life
@Nisian Hughe, Getty Images Those who smoke, are overweight, or have high blood pressure are more likely to have cognitive challenges later in life say researchers from the University of California at Davis. Examining MRI scans of approximately 1,352 people researchers found that: people with diabetes in mid-life lost brain...
New Alzheimer’s Studies May Hold Hope But No Cure
According to USA Today two new studies add to scientific efforts to find more accurate ways to determine whether a person’s brain is on a path toward Alzheimer’s disease. In the first study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), older people without dementia whose blood showed...