Researchers in China taught village health providers how to prescribe blood pressure medication. Despite not being doctors, this intervention lowered blood pressure and dementia…
As the proportion of older people in the population around the world increases, the prevalence of dementia will increase in turn. By 2030, it…
A new study finds that having both diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease may increase the risk of experiencing severe stroke, according to the American Heart…
The well-known factors that contribute to the development of dementia include genetics, age, lifestyle and even environment. But more and more research is pointing…
A common acne drug could prevent the hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis), a condition that’s linked to heart disease and vascular dementia. Researchers at…
Preeclampsia—a spike in blood pressure that only occurs during pregnancy or the postpartum period, can be a scary complication of giving birth—in fact, it…
We know that stroke is associated with an extreme increase in dementia risk. But now, heart attacks have been found to increase risk, too—even…
Nearly half of dementia cases are triggered, at least in part, by vascular disease, which causes a decrease in the blood supply to neurons…