Increased dementia risk associated with hearing impairment may come from compensatory brain changes. Hearing loss affects more than 60 percent of adults aged 70 and older in the United States and is known to be related to an increased risk of dementia. The reason for this association is not ful...
That idea has gotten the attention of researchers. Losing a good night's sleep can cause people's thinking to be unclear. But a continuous lack of sleep is believed to increase the risk of the brain disorder dementia. How does the brain clean...
That idea has gotten the attention of researchers. Losing a good night’s sleep can cause people’s thinking to be unclear. But a continuous lack of sleep is believed to increase the risk of the brain disorder dementia. How does the brai...
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Here I review potential MRI-based biomarkers that could connect midlife brain aging to later life dementia. I survey the literature with three questions in mind, 1) Does the biomarker index age-related changes across the lifespan? 2) Does the biomarker index cognitive ability and cognitive ...
In such cases, an MRI may show that a thin-looking person has fat around their heart and liver and throughout their belly. How Much Belly Fat Is Too Much? Having a "pear shape" – bigger hips and thighs versus a bigger middle – is considered healthier than an "apple shape," which ...
For instance, unexplained weight loss could be a sign of a whole-body illness (such as an infection, non-thyroid autoimmune disease, or cancer). It could also be the first sign of a psychiatric illness, like depression or dementia, especially if a person is experiencing mood swings, irritabi...
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What is advanced Lewy body dementia? Does Lewy body dementia skip a generation? Is Lewy body dementia cortical or subcortical? What are some medicines for Lewy body dementia? Does Lewy body dementia show up on an MRI? Is there a test for Lewy body dementia? Is Lewy body dementia dominant?
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