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9NEWS' medical expert, Dr. Payal Kohli, joins us to discuss the new research on dementia risk factors.
A new study from Mass General Brigham (MGB), which identified 17 shared risk factors all linked to stroke, dementia and ...
The study is one of many that have investigated this link with dementia. Researchers make concerning new discovery about risk ...
Medical News Today looks at four recent studies to examine which aspects of health and behavior can influence a person's risk of developing dementia, including sleep, vaccines, and cholesterol levels ...
Many cases of dementia, stroke and late-life depression could be prevented or delayed by managing these 17 risk factors.
After adjusting for a slew of factors that can influence dementia risk, like age, sex, and education level, the researchers ...
This is “an independent risk factor for dementia” and can also sometimes be a sign of diabetes, which is linked to the condition. A 2024 paper from the University of Loughborough found that ...
For LDL-C levels below 55 mg/dL there was an 18% risk reduction for both all-cause dementia and ADRD. In those with LDL-C ...
Using technology may be linked with a lower risk of developing cognitive decline later in life, a new study has found.
At first, it looked as though all three unmarried groups had a reduced risk of dementia compared with the married group. But, ...
A new study is part of a growing body of evidence that vaccination against shingles—and potentially other infections—can be ...
A new study found that emergency room visits and hospitalizations tied to cannabis use among older adults has skyrocketed since the early 2000s.