NOTICE: This Consumer Medicine Information (CMI) is intended for persons living in Australia. ESTALIS® CONTINUOUS estradiol / norethisterone acetate (NETA) Consumer Medicine Information What is in this leaflet This leaflet answers some common questions about the menopause (the “change of…
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Better heart health scores in midlife linked to lower risk of late-life dementia
A long-term study of 1,449 people in Finland found that those who had better scores on standard metrics of cardiovascular health in midlife, especially for behavioral factors such as smoking, had a lower risk of dementia later in life. Yajun…
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No Change Seen in Trends of Dementia in Black, White Adults in U.S.
FRIDAY, Dec. 11, 2020 — From 2000 to 2016, there was no evidence to suggest that the ratio of dementia risk changed across Black and White individuals in the United States, according to a study published online Nov. 30 in…
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Childhood dementia: Insights from the eyes
Is the eye a window to the brain in Sanfilippo syndrome, an untreatable form of childhood-onset dementia, Australian researchers ask in a new publication. The findings of the NHMRC-funded project, just published in international journal Acta Neuropathologica Communications, highlight the…
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Your gut microbiome may be linked to dementia, Parkinson’s disease and MS
Within our body and on our skin, trillions of bacteria and viruses exist as part of complex ecosystems called microbiomes. Microbiomes play an important role in human health and disease – and even help us maintain a healthy metabolism and…
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Four inappropriate behaviours that could signal your partner has frontotemporal dementia
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Dementia is a broad category of conditions that are associated with progressive brain damage. It can be…
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Dementia prevention strategies could save £1.9 billion annually
Programs to reduce dementia risk by targeting smoking, high blood pressure and hearing loss are likely to be cost-effective and cost saving by reducing dementia rates by 8.5%, finds a new study by UCL and LSE researchers. The modeling study,…
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Awareness of COVID-19 in severe dementia patients
The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has substantially affected patients with dementia and their caregivers. Owing to the restrictive measures taken worldwide to block the spread of COVID-19 outbreaks (including the declaration of a state of emergency in Japan),…
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Dementia – the simple vegetable cooking hack to lower your risk of developing Alzheimer’s
Dementia is the name given to a group of symptoms linked to an ongoing decline in brain function. You could lower your risk of the neurodegenerative condition by simply steaming your vegetables, it’s been claimed. There are a number of…
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Pulse pressure: A game changer in the fight against dementia
A recent paper published in Frontiers in Neuroscience, outlines a pulse-pressure-induced pathway of cognitive decline that sheds light on why previous treatments for dementia may have failed and proposes promising new directions for the prevention and treatment of dementia. “Over…
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