Dementia

Study finds: This is the dietary method that prevents cognitive decline in later life

Researchers followed more than 150 thousand participants and found a consistent link between the DASH diet at ages 40-50 and a lower risk of cognitive decline at older ages.

Vegetables, fish, moderate wine consumption, and even salad dressing were found to be associated with a lower risk of cognitive decline
A simple blood test may detect dementia – up to 25 years in advance

A simple blood test may predict dementia up to 25 years before symptoms

An elderly couple

Your parent’s dementia diagnosis makes it crucial to take the right steps immediately

Artificial sweetener

A massive study found: These are the artificial sweeteners linked to dementia


'Witch hunt': The global right-wing populist rallying cry threatening democracy - opinion

This is a global movement – a slow-burning insurrection that seeks to replace the checks and balances of liberal democracy with elected autocracy.

 Marine Le Pen

Shingles vaccine linked to 20 percent lower dementia risk in older adults

Researchers exploit a natural experiment in Wales to isolate the vaccine’s protective effect against dementia.

 Shingles vaccine linked to 20 percent lower dementia risk in older adults.

Japanese study shows three cups of green tea a day may prevent dementia

Research from Kanazawa University on 8,766 older adults using MRI scans revealed a 3 percent reduction in brain white matter lesions among regular green tea drinkers.

 Japanese study shows three cups of green tea a day may prevent dementia.

Increased daytime sleepiness doubles dementia risk in women over 80, study finds

Researchers monitored 733 women aged 80 and above over five years, finding that those who developed increased daytime sleepiness faced double the risk of dementia.

 Increased daytime sleepiness doubles dementia risk in women over 80, study finds. Illustration.

Higher education linked to harder dementia diagnosis in new study

Researchers calculated that for each additional year of study, a patient lived 0.2 years (approximately 2.5 months) less.

 Students walk and sit outside on Quad lawn of University of Illinois college campus in Urbana Champaign.

Replacing hot dogs with fish cuts dementia risk by 28%, says neurology journal

Consuming at least a quarter serving of processed meat daily, like two bacon slices or one hot dog, significantly raises dementia risk.

 Replacing hot dogs with fish cuts dementia risk by 28%, says neurology journal.

Drinking three cups of green tea daily may reduce dementia risk, study finds

The scientists concluded that the antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties of green tea might protect blood vessels and promote brain health.

 Drinking three cups of green tea daily may reduce dementia risk, study finds.

US dementia cases to double by 2060, study predicts

The number of annual new dementia diagnoses is projected to rise from approximately 514,000 in 2020 to about one million by 2060.

 US dementia cases to double by 2060, study predicts. Illustration.

Should age or term limits be introduced? - opinion

Term limits are another oft-proposed solution, but would probably require a Constitutional amendment, and the concept has many other flaws.

 FORMER US president Ronald Reagan is joined by his wife, former first lady Nancy Reagan, and daughter Maureen Reagan, in 1991, in Sacramento, California. In 2004, after a battle with Alzheimer’s disease, he died at the age of 93.

Daytime sleepiness linked to higher risk of dementia-related syndrome in older adults

Individuals over 60 years old are 27 percent more likely to develop dementia if they lose just 1 percent of slow-wave sleep each year, according to a new study.

 Higher risk of dementia. Daytime sleepiness.