News tagged with vascular dementia
High cholesterol in midlife raises risk of late-life dementia, study finds
Aug 04, 2009 |
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Elevated cholesterol levels in midlife - even levels considered only borderline elevated - significantly increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia later in life, according to a new study by researchers ...
Some blood pressure drugs may help protect against dementia, study shows
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jul 23, 2009 |
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A particular class of medication used to treat high blood pressure could protect older adults against memory decline and other impairments in cognitive function, according to a newly published study from Wake Forest University ...
Most neuropsychological tests don't tell Alzheimer's disease from vascular dementia
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jul 08, 2009 |
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Most of the cognitive tests that have been used to decide whether someone has Alzheimer's disease or vascular dementia have not been very helpful when used alone. A new report published by the American Psychological Association ...
More evidence links diabetes to Alzheimer's risk
Mar 16, 2009 |
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(AP) -- You've heard that diabetes hurts your heart, your eyes, your kidneys. New research indicates a more ominous link: That diabetes increases the risk of getting Alzheimer's disease and may speed dementia once it strikes.
Low childhood IQ linked to type of dementia
Jun 26, 2008 |
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Children with lower IQs are more likely decades later to develop vascular dementia than children with high IQs, according to research published in the June 25, 2008, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the ...
