New research has found that high blood sugar levels, even with people who don’t have diabetes, are linked to an increased risk for dementia, according to WebMD. http://diabetes.webmd.com/news/20130807/high-blood-sugar-levels-tied-to-small-increases-in-dementia-risk The increased risk associated with elevated blood glucose levels was from 10 percent to 40 percent, said the study published Aug. 8..
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Since it is so rare to hear good news regarding dementia, the results of two studies conducted in Great Britain and Denmark offer some hope. The bottom line is that dementia rates have dropped dramatically in those nations, which researchers are attributing to the elderly being more educated and more..
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There has already been research that links obesity to a bigger risk for dementia as one ages. And data recently presented at the European Congress on Obesity projected that dementia will skyrocket in Great Britain if obesity rates stay the same, according to BBC Health News. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22479049 Don’t expect things..
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Dementia is costly not only in terms of the emotional toll it takes on its victims and their families, but in dollars and sense. And the situation is going to get worse as baby boomers age. The monetary cost of dementia in the United States ranges from $157 billion to..
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Mild cognitive impairment at the time of Parkinson’s-disease diagnosis appears to be linked to an increased risk of early dementia, according to a new Norwegian study, The research was published online last week by JAMA Neurology, a JAMA Network publication. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-03/tjnj-mci032113.php Since Parkinson’s patients have an increased risk for dementia..
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There’s been a lot of news in the past week about potential tests to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, with the latest coming from Quest Diagnostics. Quest and its unit, Athena Diagnostics, unveiled their test at the American Academy of Neurology’s annual meeting this week in San Diego. http://newsroom.questdiagnostics.com/2013-03-18-Quest-Diagnostics-Launches-Dementia-Diagnostic-Panel-First-in-Industry-for-Treatable-Forms-of-Cognitive-Impairment-Based-on-Medical-Guidelines In..
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The news about Alzheimer’s disease is just not good. Here is the latest unpleasant fact to sink your teeth into: One in three seniors in the United States dies with Alzheimer’s or another dementia. That’s what the Alzheimer’s Association announced this week when it released its “2013 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts..
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The Wall Street Journal Tuesday made a good case for the early testing of patients for dementia, even though there is no cure, so to speak, for the decline in brain function as one ages. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324503204578320032854013890.html The story points out that whether older people should be screened for dementia has..
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New research has found that hearing loss in the elderly may speed up the onset of dementia and cognitive impairment. The study, done by the Johns Hopkins Center on Aging and Health, was recently published online by the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, according to a press release from Johns Hopkins...
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