The odds of developing dementia are strongly linked to the number of co-existing mental health disorders, rising from twice as high for one disorder to 11 times as high for four or more, finds research published in the open ...
Sep 9, 2025
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Implementing changes to indoor environments, such as cooler bedrooms at night and increasing the amount of bright light during the day, could significantly improve sleep for people living with dementia, according to a study ...
Sep 9, 2025
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A new analysis comparing different dementia care approaches found that caregivers of people living with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias reported greater satisfaction with care provided through either of two comprehensive ...
Sep 8, 2025
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Game-based training improves not only the cognitive abilities of people with initial signs of developing dementia, but also leads to positive changes in the brain. That is according to two new studies by researchers from ...
Sep 8, 2025
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Researchers at the University of Alberta have found a way to measure how engaged people living with dementia are when they're playing a computer game—which could pave the way to new treatments that use gaming to stave off ...
Sep 8, 2025
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The brain has its own waste disposal system—known as the glymphatic system—that's thought to be more active when we sleep.
Sep 6, 2025
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Today, when an aging parent, relative, or friend starts to forget things, a firm diagnosis can be surprisingly elusive.
Sep 4, 2025
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A team of researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have revealed a possible molecular connection between air pollution and an increased risk of developing Lewy body dementia.
Sep 4, 2025
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In rural and underserved areas—particularly Native American communities—early signs of dementia often go unrecognized. This could be because access to specialized care is limited, and symptoms are easily mistaken for ...
Sep 4, 2025
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Dementia researchers have called for updates to the diagnostic criteria for one of the most common younger-onset forms of the disease, behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD), a condition similar to the one actor ...
Sep 2, 2025
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