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 ...

The study supports prior research that found the same thing.

After adjusting for a slew of factors that can influence dementia risk, like age, sex, and education level, the researchers ...

The researchers also found that divorced or never-married people were less likely to progress frommild cognitive impairmentto ...

For years, people have believed that being married protects your health and helps you live longer. Studies have shown that ...

Neurologist Stephen Hauser, MD, of the University of California San Francisco, and epidemiology professor Alberto Ascherio, ...

Alzheimer’s cases are expected to nearly double ... there are some lifestyle factors that can raise — or lower — your risk. Now, researchers in Brazil have pinpointed a change that seniors ...

Research reveals how specific sleep stages protect brain vulnerable to Alzheimer's, offering hope through simple lifestyle ...

A new study has found that blood vessels in the retina may hold early clues about a person’s risk of developing dementia.

A new study out of Stanford has presented the strongest evidence to date that a common vaccine could significantly reduce the ...

The global impact of Alzheimer’s and related dementias ... prevention strategies that consider a person’s specific risk factors and physiological characteristics. Factors such as genetic ...

A COMMON drug prescribed to millions of Brits could slash the risk of dementia by 13 per cent, scientists suggest. High ...