Nearly half of dementia cases may be influenced by modifiable factors like smoking, cardiovascular disease, and high blood pressure.
Research suggests that many dementia cases are connected to risk factors that people may be able to change. A new study from Lund University identifies several lifestyle and health conditions linked to two of the most common forms of dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia.
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Even one fall by an older adult is just as accurate in predicting cognitive decline as individuals with elevated amyloid, the Alzheimer’s brain protein considered the gold standard for gauging Alzheimer’s dementia risk, according to a new study.
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At the American Glaucoma Society (AGS) 2026 Annual Meeting, Thomas Johnson, MD, PhD, explored the epidemiological and pathophysiological overlaps between glaucoma and Alzheimer’s disease in a talk entitled “The Neurodegeneration Spectrum: Glaucoma and Alzheimer’s Disease.” In it, he highlighted similarities between these two neurodegenerative diseases and explained how insights from each condition could help advance the understanding of the other.
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In January 2023, neurologists at Beijing’s Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University published a case study that briefly unsettled everything the field thought it knew about Alzheimer’s disease. Two years later, as new treatments and updated diagnostic criteria reshape how the disease is understood, the questions it raised are still unanswered.
He started forgetting things when he was 17. He couldn’t recall what had happened the day before, couldn’t follow what he’d just read, struggled to retain anything new. By 19, the decline had progressed enough that he withdrew from high school. He could still live independently, but something was clearly wrong.
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Staying mentally engaged throughout life may lower your risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease in old age, according to a new analysis. The study found that people who pursue lifelong learning activities like reading and writing or learning a new language had a lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease. They also showed slower declines in memory and thinking skills as they aged.
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