Incident Dementia
Blood-based biomarkers may predict mild behavioral impairment in older Asian adults
Analysis of blood-based biomarkers may be a reliable method to predict behavioral issues in older populations of Asian descent with varied neuropathology, researchers reported in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.
Higher red meat intake increases risk for cognitive decline, dementia
Higher consumption of red meat, including processed red meat, was associated with a higher risk for cognitive decline and dementia, according to research published in Neurology.
Older adults with greatest HDL-C levels have higher risk of dementia
In a cohort of older adults, those with the highest percentage of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol had a 27% higher risk of incident dementia, with the risk higher for those aged 75 years and older, according to a study.
Inflammatory diets may increase risk for incident dementia
Diets with higher inflammatory potential appeared linked to increased risk for incident dementia, according to results of a population-based study published in Neurology.
Sleep disorder serves as 'significant predictor' of incident dementia in patients with TBI
Sleep disorders in both men and women with traumatic brain injury independently correlated with the onset of dementia, according to results of a retrospective cohort study that included than 712,000 adult patients.