Tag: Dementia
Alcohol Use Linked to Increased Dementia Risk
Monotonic increase in dementia risk with greater alcohol consumption seen in Mendelian randomization genetic analysis
Age at Start of Estrogen Therapy May Affect Alzheimer Disease Risk
Up to 32 percent lower risk conferred by early initiation, while increased risk for dementia seen in studies among older women
Physical Frailty May Contribute to Risk for Dementia Development
Potential causal relationship seen between physical frailty and dementia in forward MR analysis, but null association seen in reverse MR
PM2.5 Exposure Linked to Increased Dementia Severity
Higher PM2.5 exposure prior to death linked to increased odds of more severe Alzheimer disease neuropathologic change
Childhood Loneliness Linked to Cognitive Decline in Adulthood
After adjustment for adult loneliness, childhood loneliness linked to cognitive decline and dementia risk
Dementia Odds Significantly Increase With More Psychiatric Comorbidities
Highest posterior probabilities seen with mood and anxiety disorder co-occurrence
Alzheimer Disease Associated With Greater Neural Flexibility
Neural flexibility also predicts dementia transition
Sense of Life Purpose Lowers Risk for Cognitive Impairment
Findings persisted even among people at high genetic risk for dementia
Mediterranean Diet Beneficial in Those With High Alzheimer Disease Risk
Adherence to the Mediterranean diet more effectively modulates dementia-related metabolites in APOE4 homozygotes
Adults With Hearing Loss Using Hearing Aids Have Reduced Dementia Risk
Among those younger than 70 years at the time of HL diagnosis, risk for incident dementia was 61 percent lower for those with hearing aids
