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Diffusion tensor image segmentation technique

Imaging Technique May Help Predict Stroke-Related Dementia

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Method using diffusion tensor imaging may predict dementia in patients with cerebral small vessel disease
The majority of older adults diagnosed with dementia do not receive specialty care

Most Diagnosed With Dementia Do Not Receive Specialty Care

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Identification of etiological subtype of dementia more likely in patients who see a specialist
Use of hearing aids is associated with lower risks for being diagnosed with Alzheimer disease

Hearing Aid Use Tied to Lower Risk for Dementia, Depression, Falls

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Findings revealed in large study of older adults with hearing loss
People who remain married in older age may have a lower dementia risk

Marriage Associated With Lower Dementia Risk

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Divorced, widowed, separated men show greater risk for dementia than women in same categories
Older adults with incident moderately severe dementia living at home have more medical needs than those living in residential care or nursing facilities

Seniors With Dementia at Home Have More Medical Needs

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Older adults living at home also more likely to be members of disadvantaged populations
The risk for subsequent dementia is significantly increased for blood pressure patterns of midlife and late-life hypertension as well as midlife hypertension and late-life hypotension; and intensive blood pressure treatment is associated with a smaller increase in cerebral white matter lesion volume

BP From Midlife to Late Life Tied to Risk for Subsequent Dementia

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Smaller increase in cerebral white matter lesion volume seen with intensive blood pressure treatment
Taiwanese individuals between the ages of 45 and 64 years old diagnosed with hearing loss are at a greater risk for developing dementia than those without hearing loss

Hearing Loss Increases Risk for Dementia in Taiwanese Individuals

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Findings suggest that hearing protection, screening, treatment may help reduce risk for dementia
Adherence to the Life Simple 7 ideal cardiovascular health recommendations in midlife is associated with reduced incidence of dementia later in life

Better CV Health in Midlife Tied to Reduced Dementia Risk Later

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Lower risk of dementia with higher Life Simple 7 cardiovascular health score, measured at age 50 years
More frequent social contact during midlife is associated with a lower dementia risk and better cognitive trajectories

More Social Contact at Age 60 Linked to Lower Dementia Risk

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More frequent social contact during midlife linked to better subsequent cognitive trajectory
White matter rarefaction

Neuropathology Tied to Dementia ID’d in Football Players Who Had CTE

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White matter rarefaction, arteriolosclerosis, DLFC NFTs linked to dementia in football players with CTE