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Shingles Vaccine Can Decrease Risk of Dementia, Study Finds

April 2, 2025April 3, 2025PAM BELLUCKComments Off on Shingles Vaccine Can Decrease Risk of Dementia, Study Finds

A growing body of research suggests that preventing the viral infection can help stave off cognitive decline.

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Facing Early-Onset Alzheimer’s, She Fought to Expand Assisted Suicide in Quebec

February 25, 2025February 25, 2025Norimitsu Onishi and Renaud PhilippeComments Off on Facing Early-Onset Alzheimer’s, She Fought to Expand Assisted Suicide in Quebec

Sandra Demontigny, 45, pushed Quebec to become one of the few places in the world to allow people to choose a medically assisted death sometimes years in advance.

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She’s Trying to Stay Ahead of Alzheimer’s, in a Race to the Death

February 16, 2025February 17, 2025Stephanie NolenComments Off on She’s Trying to Stay Ahead of Alzheimer’s, in a Race to the Death

In the Netherlands, doctors and dementia patients must negotiate a fine line: Assisted death for those without capacity is legal, but doctors won’t do it.

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A Blood Test Accurately Diagnosed Alzheimer’s 90% of the Time, Study Finds

July 28, 2024July 28, 2024PAM BELLUCKComments Off on A Blood Test Accurately Diagnosed Alzheimer’s 90% of the Time, Study Finds

It was much more accurate than primary care doctors using cognitive tests and CT scans. The findings could speed the quest for an affordable and accessible way to diagnose patients with memory problems.

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How Your Sense of Direction Is Shaped by Where You Grew Up

March 30, 2022April 1, 2022BENJAMIN MUELLERComments Off on How Your Sense of Direction Is Shaped by Where You Grew Up

Childhood environments shape people’s navigational skills, researchers reported. The findings one day may lead to better tests for early dementia.

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Seeking Early Signals of Dementia in Driving and Credit Scores

August 23, 2021August 23, 2021Paula SpanComments Off on Seeking Early Signals of Dementia in Driving and Credit Scores

The pathologies underlying brain decline can begin years before symptoms emerge. Can everyday behavior provide warning?

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Dementia Risk After Age 50 Increases With Less Sleep, Study Says

April 20, 2021April 20, 2021PAM BELLUCKComments Off on Dementia Risk After Age 50 Increases With Less Sleep, Study Says

The research, tracking thousands of people from age 50 on, suggests those who sleep six hours or less a night are more likely to develop dementia in their late 70s.

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The Pandemic’s Real Toll? 300,000 Deaths, and It’s Not Just From the Coronavirus

October 20, 2020October 22, 2020Roni Caryn RabinComments Off on The Pandemic’s Real Toll? 300,000 Deaths, and It’s Not Just From the Coronavirus

A C.D.C. analysis finds that overall death rates have risen, particularly among young adults and people of color.

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An Alzheimer’s Treatment Fails: ‘We Don’t Have Anything Now’

February 10, 2020February 11, 2020Gina KolataComments Off on An Alzheimer’s Treatment Fails: ‘We Don’t Have Anything Now’

With high hopes, drugs to fight brain plaques were tested in people genetically destined to develop dementia. The drugs failed.

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Why Is Air Pollution So Harmful? DNA May Hold the Answer

January 13, 2020CARL ZIMMERComments Off on Why Is Air Pollution So Harmful? DNA May Hold the Answer

It’s not just a modern problem. Airborne toxins are so pernicious that they may have shaped human evolution.

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