Stroke, high blood pressure, diabetes: circulatory disorders in the brain are the basis of vascular dementia, the second most common form of dementia worldwide. A current overview by the World Stroke Organization now highlights the global significance of this disease and shows that vascular changes play a crucial role in almost one in three dementia cases. While...
Recent research has already shown a connection between dementia and suicide risk. Scientists from Great Britain have now investigated in a current publication to what extent the suicide risk differs between various types of dementia. Understanding the differences is of great importance for several reasons. Suicidal thoughts, suicide attempts, and suicide deaths are usually counted under...
Criminal risk-taking behavior occurs more frequently in people with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) than in people with other forms of dementia. This was discovered by researchers from Germany, the Netherlands, and Australia. Their study was published in August 2025 in the internationally renowned journal Nature Translational Psychiatry. Neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia can not only affect memory...
Der Katarakt (Grauer Star) ist eine der häufigsten Augenerkrankungen im fortgeschrittenen Alter. Die einzige Möglichkeit, den Katarakt erfolgreich zu behandeln, ist eine Operation. Sie steigert nicht nur die Lebensqualität der Betroffenen, sondern hat einen weiteren positiven Effekt: Forschende aus Taiwan haben herausgefunden, dass eine Operation des Grauen Stars ebenso das Risiko, …
How Artificial Intelligence (AI) can support doctors in diagnosing dementia was shown in a study by US and Chinese scientists published in July 2024. The researchers addressed the question of to what extent AI can improve the accuracy of dementia diagnosis. Often, the exact diagnosis of dementia presents a...
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...
Most people know Dr. Sarah Straub (38) from numerous performances as a musician throughout Germany. However, she is also a specialist in frontotemporal dementia and a clinical neuropsychologist at Ulm University Hospital. There, she researches people with dementia and their caregivers. As an artist and as a dementia expert, she sees herself as...
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...
