Cars, trains, construction sites – noise from the surrounding environment can also increase the risk of developing dementia in old age. This is shown by a study on the effects of environmental noise in the US metropolis of Chicago. Learning difficulties in children, as well as hearing damage, sleep disorders, and cardiovascular diseases in adults – these are some of the possible health problems that...
Living healthier, taking better care of oneself – many people resolve to do this at the start of the year. However, for one particular group, this is especially difficult: family caregivers often don't think enough about themselves. Yet, they themselves are often exposed to high burdens. To make them aware of their own situation, the…
Bavaria's Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, Melanie Huml, emphasized at the event „Dementia and Digitalization – New Paths in Bavaria“ on September 24, 2020, in Nuremberg, how important it is not to let research projects like digiDEM Bayern be slowed down by Corona: „The digiDEM Bayern project faced the challenge, during the lockdown, of working with 350 research partners..."
Sexuelle Minderheiten erleben im Laufe ihres Lebens häufiger Stigmatisierung und Diskriminierung. Dies kann gesundheitliche Probleme auslösen, zum Beispiel Depressionen, was wiederum ein Demenz-Risikofaktor ist. Vor diesem Hintergrund wollten US-Forscher herausfinden, ob homosexuelle Paare ein höheres Risiko für leichte geistige Beeinträchtigungen und Demenz haben als heterosexuelle. Laut Jaime Perales-Puchalt von der …
