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Study: Slower memory decline in older adults linked to healthy lifestyle
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Even for carriers of the apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene - the strongest known risk factor for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias - a healthy lifestyle was found to slow memory loss
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Traumatic brain injury, PTSD associated with Alzheimer's: Research
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Researchers found that PTSD, TBI, and the e4 variant of the APOE gene exhibited high links with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias in a study of Veterans conducted by Dr. Mark Logue, a statistician in the National Center for PTSD at the VA Boston Healthcare System (ADRD).
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Study suggests PTSD, brain injury can increase impact of Alzheimer's
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Researchers concluded that PTSD, TBI, and a specific variant of the APOE gene showed strong associations with Alzheimer's Disease and related dementias (ADRD).
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Dementia gene doubles risk of COVID-19: Study
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Exeter [England], May 30 (ANI): A recent large-scale study has found a high risk of severe COVID-19 infection among European ancestry participants, who carry two faulty copies of the APOE gene (termed e4e4).
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