dementia
AURORA, Ill. (AP) — At her mother’s home in Illinois, Tracy Balhan flips through photos of her dad, Bill Speer. In one picture, he’s smiling in front of a bucket of sweating beers and wearing a blue T-shirt that reads,... Read More
WASHINGTON (AP) — About a million Americans a year are expected to develop dementia by 2060, roughly double today’s toll, researchers reported Monday. That estimate is based on a new study that found a higher lifetime risk than previously thought:... Read More
WASHINGTON — Being hospitalized with an infection raised the risk of patients’ subsequent dementia diagnosis, according to a new report. For the purpose of the study, which was published in JAMA Network Open, researchers followed the stories of nearly 16,000... Read More
WASHINGTON — A study recently published in the journal JAMA Neurology suggests that as many as 100,000 U.S. dementia cases could possibly have been prevented with improved eye care. The National Institute on Aging-funded research used data from a University... Read More
WASHINGTON — Despite the results of a previous study, sildenafil (Viagra) and tadalafil (Cialis) may not be suitable candidates for treating dementia, according to the National Institutes of Health. The institute recently delved into the situation with its Drug Repurposing... Read More
TIANJIN, China — The consumption of ultra-processed foods — salty snacks, sugar-rich treats and anything laden with a heaping helping of preservatives — have long been associated with everything from sketchy mental health to full-blown cardiovascular disease. Now, a recent... Read More
WEESP, Netherlands — Thirty years ago, the Hogeweyk stood as a four-story tower operating as a traditional nursing home in an industrial area about 17 miles outside of central Amsterdam in the Netherlands. “The way we delivered care back then,... Read More
WASHINGTON - For weeks it had been the stuff of living room banter and fodder for self-quarantining late night comedians. Suddenly, apparently on a whim, the president who once described himself as a "very stable genius," was talking about how... Read More
