Currently, more than 60 million people worldwide are affected by neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's dementia. Researchers from Sichuan University in China and the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have now investigated the connection between body composition (including body fat) and the risk of neurodegenerative diseases. The focus was not only on...
A new study by Chinese scientists underscores the importance of not smoking at a young age and during pregnancy. Those who started smoking in early adolescence also developed dementia earlier. Furthermore, the researchers were able to establish a link between smoking during pregnancy...
Dementias can be associated with an increased urge to move, which can pose certain dangers. When people with cognitive impairments leave their homes and wander outdoors, their risk of fractures or other injuries increases. This is a very worrying situation for caregivers. To what extent the still young technology...
Sleep deprivation has long been recognized as a significant problem. Researchers from the USA have demonstrated why older women, in particular, should pay attention to getting enough sleep. This is because sleep duration predicts future risk for cognitive impairment, including dementia. Did you know that the first experimental study on sleep deprivation in humans was conducted in 1896…
Norwegian researchers have investigated the link between age at menopause, age at first menstruation, and the risk of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia. Dementia affects women more often than men worldwide. Therefore, experts increasingly recognize that dementia prevention is a central priority for global...
Researchers from Ireland and Sweden have discovered that women who suffer from pregnancy poisoning appear to have a significantly increased future risk of vascular dementia. If dementia develops later in life, it may have been pre-empted in younger years, for example, during pregnancy. It has long been known...
Certain neuropsychiatric symptoms, such as depression and psychosis, occur more frequently in women with Alzheimer's dementia than in men with Alzheimer's dementia. This is one of the central findings of a study by researchers from the Netherlands, Sweden, the USA, Canada, and Australia. In people with Alzheimer's dementia (AD), neuropsychiatric...
Not only consider dementia risk, but also analyze protective factors that reduce the risk of Alzheimer's dementia: Researchers from Canada and Sweden have investigated whether there are gender-specific differences regarding the so-called cognitive reserve. There is frequent discussion of risk factors that can promote the development of Alzheimer's dementia (AD). „Factors that the AD risk..."
In the second part of our new special newsletter, SCHLAGLICHT – New Dementia Medications, Jana Rühl, a research associate at digiDEM Bavaria, discusses the publication by the research team led by Professor Sören Mattke from the University of Southern California. Today, we address the question of whether healthcare systems can even cope with the diagnostic requirements...
Is forgetfulness in old age normal? Or is it a sign of dementia? In conjunction with the 5th Bavarian Dementia Week, taking place from September 20th to September 29th, 2024, digiDEM Bayern is once again drawing attention to the increasingly important topic of early dementia detection. Around Dementia Week, the scientists at digiDEM Bayern have organized a total of 17 dementia screening days...
