According to a report in the June issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals, older veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) appear more likely to develop dementia over a seven-year period than those without PTSD.
“The report suggests there are several reasons why patients with PTSD may have an increased risk of […]

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A recent study at the University of Western Australia (UWA) comes with big news for people who have memory concerns. Physical activity, non-smoking, social engagements and mental stimulation cut down the risk of dementia. These lifestyle changes are not expensive and do not involve pharmaceutical treatment.
Dementia has often been thought to be unavoidable and incurable. […]

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A series of new studies shows obesity and its common companions — diabetes and heart disease — can work together to speed dementia and other brain ills.
One expert thinks these papers, published in the March issue of Neurology, deliver a key message, namely that people can take steps to reduce their risk of developing dementia […]

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A new study shows that people who are socially active and not easily stressed may be less likely to develop dementia.
The research is published in the January 20, 2009, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
The study found that people who were not socially active but calm and relaxed […]

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Cognitive and social activity in midlife may significantly reduce men’s risk of dementia, says a U.S. study that followed 147 male twin pairs for 28 years.
Among the twins, higher cognitive activity scores predicted a 26 percent reduction in risk for developing dementia first. Twins who developed dementia first had significantly lower total cognitive activity scores […]

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According to a study published in the July 2, 2008, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, while men don’t typically live as long as women, those who do make it to age 90 appear to be much less likely to have dementia and also have a shorter survival […]

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French researchers report that stroke in men are critical factors in the development of Alzheimer’s disease.
The researchers also found that risk factors varied according to gender. Men with mild cognitive impairment were more likely to be overweight, diabetic and to have had a stroke. Men who’d suffered a stroke were almost three times more likely […]

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