Those who are socially engaged and well-connected can lower their risk of dementia. Researchers from Australia understand the general concept of social engagement as a health-promoting activity „that should be encouraged in our society.“ For many years, researchers focused on developing new drugs and therapies that would slow the progression...
Loneliness and social isolation are risk factors for the development of dementia. This has been shown by international scientists in three studies. For example, loneliness can lead to an almost 60 percent increased risk of dementia. Some people enjoy being by themselves from time to time. But if loneliness is not consciously chosen...
Anxiety is very common in older adults and people with dementia. However, those who experience chronic or new-onset anxiety also have a higher risk of developing dementia. This connection is particularly strong in people under 70 years of age. Researchers from Australia discovered this. Do people…
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...
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...
Korean researchers investigated whether there is a connection between migraines and dementia. After analyzing data from more than 11,000 dementia patients and over 45,700 control subjects, they found that women with a history of migraines have an increased risk of dementia. Generally, there is increasing evidence that women and men experience different...
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...
