They can also pinpoint structural changes in blood vessels in the brain which are a sign of vascular dementia. MRI scans may be offered if CT scan results are inconclusive. These can give a more ...

Language dysfunction (in the absence of memory impairment) can be a presenting feature of a degenerative dementia ... Panel A: Axial MRI scan of the brain of a patient with nonfluent primary ...

In the months after my partner, Alex, was diagnosed with dementia in 2019, more than one person advised me to “save” myself. What they meant was that I should move Alex into an assisted-living ...

Some evidence suggests melatonin may help improve sleep-wake cycles, sundowning symptoms, and cognitive performance in people with dementia, but more research is necessary. Melatonin is a hormone ...

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Share on Pinterest SGLT-2 inhibitors have been linked with a 35% lower dementia risk in a recent study. Image credit: Tanya Yatsenko/Stocksy. People who have type 2 diabetes are at an increased ...

Nearly half of all dementia cases could be delayed or prevented altogether by addressing 14 possible risk factors, including vision loss and high cholesterol. That is the key finding of a new ...

It took 19 years for the symptoms to emerge. Tom Beyrer, who served for six months as a police officer at Ground Zero following the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center, was 65 when his ...

CADASIL is a brain disease involving genetic mutations, stroke, and dementia. Learn about symptom progression and ongoing ...

Head of Clinical Services, Dementia Support Australia, & Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Monash University A Korean study published recently suggests people with type 2 diabetes who are ...