Excessive daytime sleepiness could be an early sign of a pre-dementia condition called motoric cognitive risk syndrome (MCR), ...

Nov. 6, 2024 — Older people who are sleepy during the day or lack enthusiasm for activities due to sleep issues may be more likely to develop a syndrome that can lead to dementia, according to a new ...

A combination of two “active” therapies may help slow cognitive decline in older adults, especially those with a type of severe depression and a genetic risk of Alzheimer's, a study indicates.

A stock photo shows a senior couple jogging. "Weekend warrior" exercise habits could help keep dementia at bay, according to researchers. A stock photo shows a senior couple jogging. "Weekend ...

It also inspired numerous academic researchers to explore whether cognitive training really can make people smarter and even lower the risk for dementia. But, as often happens in science ...

Study compared baseline sleep data with MRI scans taken years later Having more 'poor sleep characteristics' linked to dementia development Daytime sleepiness, early morning wakeups are two ...

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Dementia treatment is more than just medication. It can include lifestyle changes, multimodal therapy, and environmental management, as well. Your dementia treatment plan will depend on underlying ...

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Dementia is a syndrome that involves severe loss of cognitive abilities as a result of disease or injury. Dementia caused by traumatic brain injury is often static, whereas dementia caused by ...

In turn, most of these infections associated with brain atrophy seem to be risk factors for dementia, according to the researchers’ analyses of the UK Biobank data of 495,896 subjects and a ...