Mental Health | Social Isolation linked with higher risk of incident Dementia in US older adults

Social isolation appears common in community-dwelling older adults in the United States and is associated with an increased risk of developing dementia over 9 years, according to study results published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

Mental Health | Psychological distress symptoms were associated with a 17% to 24% higher etiological risk of dementia...

...according to a cohort study recently published in JAMA Neurology.

Mental Health | Proactive, timely treatment of late-in-life depression could help to lower risk of dementia in certain patients, according to study findings published in Biological Psychiatry.

Mental Health | Social Isolation Linked With Higher Risk of Incident Dementia in US Older Adults

Mental Health | Social isolation appears common in community-dwelling older adults in the United States and is associated with an increased risk of developing dementia over 9 years, according to study results published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

Your Health | Depression associated w/ a 51% higher risk of Dementia

Mental Health | Proactive, timely treatment of late-in-life depression could help to lower risk of dementia in certain patients...

... according to study findings published in Biological Psychiatry.

Frequent use of sleep medications may increase the risk of future cognitive impairment, new research suggests.

Among a group of Swedish women, those with high cardiovascular fitness at middle age were 88% less likely to develop dementia...

...decades later, compared with women with moderate cardiovascular fitness, researchers reported online in Neurology.

Researchers are recommending screening for heavy alcohol use as part of routine medical care ....

after their study showed alcohol use disorders are a major risk factor for all types of dementia—but especially early-onset dementia.

Researchers are recommending screening for heavy alcohol use as part of routine medical care after their study showed alcohol use disorders are a major risk factor for all types of dementia—but especially early-onset dementia.