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Intake of Vitamin D might help preventing dementia: Research
Updated : 3 years ago IST
In the study, published in Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring, the team found that taking vitamin D was associated with living dementia-free for longer, and they also found 40 per cent fewer dementia diagnoses in the group who took supplements.
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Taking vitamin D might help prevent dementia: Study
Updated : 3 years ago IST
According to a recent large-scale study, taking vitamin D supplements may help prevent dementia.
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Do you know seven healthy habits can reduce risk of dementia? Study reveal
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Seven healthy habits and lifestyle characteristics may help reduce the incidence of dementia, according to recent research that followed female participants for 20 years.
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Social isolation enhances dementia risk factors: Study
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Social lifestyle determinants, including social isolation, are associated with neurodegeneration risk factors, according to a new study published in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Kimia Shafighi of McGill University, Canada, and colleagues.
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Alcohol consumption linked to acceleration of Alzheimer's disease: Researc
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Although current research indicates that alcohol use disorder is a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease, further study is needed to determine how alcohol use disorder affects the pathophysiology of the illness
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Bruce Willis' health condition worsens as veteran action star' family reve
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Veteran Hollywood action star Bruce Willis' condition has now progressed into frontotemporal dementia after his family announced in March 2022 that he would retire from acting due to his aphasia diagnosis.
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Medicine linked to lower risk of dementia in people with diabetes: Study
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Diabetes patients are twice as likely as non-diabetics to develop dementia. A new study found that persons with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes who used the diabetic medicine pioglitazone were less likely to acquire dementia later in life than those who did not.
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Do sleep medications increase your chances of dementia? Study finds
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Sleep medications increase dementia risk in whites but the type and quantity of the medication may be factors in explaining the higher risk, suggests the findings of a recent study.
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Study: Weight loss can be early predictor of Alzheimer's disease in people
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Researchers revealed that unintentional weight loss in individuals with Down syndrome may signal the beginning of Alzheimer's disease long before usual cognitive symptoms like memory loss and dementia become apparent.
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Social isolation linked to dementia risk factors: Study
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
According to a new study published in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Kimia Shafighi of McGill University in Canada and colleagues, social lifestyle determinants, including social isolation, are associated with neurodegeneration risk factors.
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Weight loss could be early predictor of Alzheimer's disease in Down syndro
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Unintentional weight loss in people with Down syndrome may predict the onset of Alzheimer's disease long before typical cognitive symptoms like memory loss and dementia are apparent.
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Research explores if sleep medications increase your chances of dementia
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
A new study shows that sleep medications increase the risk of dementia in whites. But the type and quantity of the medication may be factors in explaining the higher risk.
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