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Growing evidence suggests that managing blood pressure in your 40s and 50s is important for reducing the future risk of dementia.
A study reported that higher scores on diet quality correlate with larger brain tissue volumes. Find out which food groups showed this association.
To prevent and treat Alzheimer's disease, more research is needed to understand how the disease affects women and men differently.
A study reported that exercise worsened the cognition of dementia patients, but a look at the findings in the context of previous research is needed.
A recent study suggests that being widowed, underweight, or sleep-deprived may increase dementia risk.
Some allergy medications are associated with increased dementia risk, while newer antihistamines have little, if any, cognitive side effects.
In the United States alone, more than 1 million cases of Alzheimer's may be due to physical inactivity.
Aluminum is in drinking water, antiperspirants, antacids, and much more—can it increase your risk for dementia?
Lifestyle interventions improved cognitive functions in people with APOE4, according to a study in JAMA Neurology.
A study suggests that the accumulation of toxic, misfolded beta-amyloid proteins in the brain may begin decades earlier than believed.