The best time to start is now: A sense of purpose in life tends to decline with age and drops sharply after a dementia diagnosis. But even if Alzheimer’s-related brain changes have already begun, ...

MRI scans can help confirm the type of disease causing a person’s dementia. It can do this ... equipment that can look at how the brain is working, rather than what it looks like. The GP should ...

Researchers have access to 1.6 million brain scans Scientists are hoping that access to more than 1.6 million brain scans collected from patients across Scotland could help predict a person’s ...

And AI is helping them search for data that can connect dementia ... imaging (MRI) to develop an algorithm to detect Alzheimer’s. They trained the model using nearly 38,000 brain images from ...

DURHAM, NC – Living in a poorer neighborhood is linked to accelerated brain aging and increased dementia risk early in life ... visibly older brains at 45 when the researchers looked at MRI scans, ...

In a recent systematic review published in BMC Public Health, researchers investigated the relationship between air pollutants and dementia ... changes in the brain. MRI was noted for its ability ...

and frontotemporal dementia. Each type has its own distinct characteristics, but they all lead to a devastating decline in brain function. In the United States alone, nearly 7 million people are ...

Some Diabetes Drugs Tied to Lower Risk of Dementia, Parkinson's Disease Sep ... insight into how amyloid-beta and tau proteins impact brain activity and possibly contribute to cognitive decline ...

Share on Pinterest Recent research findings offer new insights into the link between type 2 diabetes and brain-related health issues such as dementia and how a healthy lifestyle can help mitigate ...

Additionally, the study linked health records and MRI data to track dementia incidence and assess brain volumes over time ... Despite the study’s strengths, including its large sample size and ...

Most of us know that excessive alcohol use can increase our risk of health issues like liver disease and heart disease. But how does heavy drinking impact the brain? In the Lifetime documentary ...

The study recruited a large sample ... Dementia risks were particularly increased when A1c levels were mostly below the target range.” For the study, researchers analyzed MRI brain scans of ...