Tag: Dementia

Large study of Korean patients shows consistently higher risk across dementia types

Suicide risk higher for those diagnosed before age 65 years; those within first three months of diagnosis; those with psychiatric comorbidity

Long time in bed and early sleep timing associated with dementia risk, particularly among men

Independent association seen for tooth loss with increased risk for both cognitive decline and dementia

Migraine also significantly associated with higher risk for dementia

Watching TV linked to increased risk, while using a computer linked to decreased risk, for incident dementia regardless of physical activity level

Physical activities inversely associated with incidence of all-cause dementia, vascular dementia, Alzheimer disease

Only 4 and 9 percent of this effect was mediated by atrial fibrillation or stroke

Dose-response relationship seen, with greater risk with more severe eczema

Rapid olfactory decline also associated with smaller gray matter volumes on MRI in olfactory- and memory-associated brain regions