Summary: People with behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) exhibit behaviors that are considered socially unacceptable. While there is no current cure for FTD, researchers are finding methods to help inhibit some of the negative behaviors associated with FTD. A new study reports impulsivity and negative behaviors are greatly reduced […]
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Lifelong Marriage Lowers Risk of Dementia
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Summary: Long-term, continuous marriage from mid-life to old age is associated with a lower risk of developing dementia. Source: NTNU If you are married continuously for many years in midlife, you have a lower risk of developing dementia in old age, according to a recently published study based on […]
Lifelong Marriage Lowers Risk of Dementia
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Summary: Long-term, continuous marriage from mid-life to old age is associated with a lower risk of developing dementia. Source: NTNU If you are married continuously for many years in midlife, you have a lower risk of developing dementia in old age, according to a recently published study based on […]
More Steps and Moderate Physical Activity Cuts Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Risk
Summary: Older women who walked or partook in moderate-to-vigorous exercise each day had a reduced risk of developing mild cognitive impairment and dementia. Source: UCSD Senior women were less likely to develop mild cognitive impairment or dementia if they did more daily walking and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, according to […]
More Steps and Moderate Physical Activity Cuts Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Risk
Summary: Older women who walked or partook in moderate-to-vigorous exercise each day had a reduced risk of developing mild cognitive impairment and dementia. Source: UCSD Senior women were less likely to develop mild cognitive impairment or dementia if they did more daily walking and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, according to […]
Potential Hidden Cause of Dementia Discovered
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Summary: Some patients diagnosed with behavioral-variant frontotemporal dementia (bv-FTD) may instead be suffering from a cerebrospinal fluid leak that leads to brain sagging. Source: Cedars Sinai Medical Center A new Cedars-Sinai study suggests that some patients diagnosed with behavioral-variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD)—an incurable condition that robs patients of the […]
Rare Cases of Frontotemporal Dementia May Have a Treatable Leak in the Brain
A new Cedars-Sinai study suggests that some patients diagnosed with behavioral-variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD)—an incurable condition that robs patients of the ability to control their behavior and cope with daily living—may instead have a cerebrospinal fluid leak, which is often treatable. Researchers say these findings, published in the peer-reviewed […]
Potential Hidden Cause of Dementia Discovered
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Summary: Some patients diagnosed with behavioral-variant frontotemporal dementia (bv-FTD) may instead be suffering from a cerebrospinal fluid leak that leads to brain sagging. Source: Cedars Sinai Medical Center A new Cedars-Sinai study suggests that some patients diagnosed with behavioral-variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD)—an incurable condition that robs patients of the […]
