Cardiovascular disease risk factors, like high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity and smoking, are believed to play key roles in the likelihood of developing cognitive decline,…
Inside brain cells, errors in DNA can accumulate as we age. But in patients with Alzheimer’s disease, these errors—known as somatic mutations—may build up at…
A test of protein in the blood is receiving further support as a biomarker for patients diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD), a group of brain…
There are five different diseases that attack the language areas in the left hemisphere of the brain that slowly cause progressive impairments of language known…
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A new study from the from the University of Missouri School of Medicine and MU Health Care shows patients hospitalized with COVID-19 pneumonia have a…
For people of a certain age, it takes only a few “senior moments”—struggling for words, names or memories—to cause worry.
Alzheimer’s disease (AD), the most common type of dementia, progressively impairs memory, concentration and the ability to learn new things and accomplish everyday activities. Although…
In addition to memory problems and other cognitive symptoms, most people with Alzheimer’s disease also suffer from mental health issues. It has long been unclear…
In what is believed to be the largest study to date on race and dementia, researchers from UCSF and the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health…