IPOH, Dec 16 – For most people, 2020 will be remembered as the year Covid-19 took over the world. But for Peter J Bucher, fondly known as Pak Peter, it was the year his wife of almost 50 years, Irene John, was diagnosed with mild dementia. Dementia is a general term for loss of memory, … Read more
A study published in July 2022 in Neurology, a journal from the American Academy of Neurology, suggests that eating whole foods might decrease dementia risk. The research was done on 72,083 adults over age 55 with no dementia at baseline in the UK Biobank. The authors investigated the association between ultra-processed foods (UPF) and dementia, where participants’ diets … Read more
THURSDAY, Dec. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Subjective cognitive decline (SCD) seems to be a marker of future progression to dementia, especially among Latinx and non-Latinx Black individuals, according to a study published online Nov. 30 in Neurology. Silvia Chapman, Ph.D., from the Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York City, and colleagues examined … Read more
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CINCINNATI (WXIX) – Cincinnati police have located a 70-year-old woman with dementia that was missing for nine days. Karen L. Holder left her Mosswood Court home in Cincinnati shortly after 12 a.m. Monday, according to the Cincinnati Emergency Communications Center. Police say she drove away in what is described as a black 2010 Jeep Grand … Read more
CINCINNATI (WXIX) – An Endangered Missing Adult Alert has been issued for a 70-year-old who has dementia. Karen L. Holder, 70, left her Mosswood Court home in Cincinnati shortly after 12 a.m. Monday, according to the Cincinnati Emergency Communications Center. Holder is described as 5′02′, 210 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. She drove … Read more
Are you using it or losing it? Maintaining brain health can be a tricky business especially in today’s time and age due to drawbacks of our modern lifestyle. Instead of challenging our brains, we are making it lazy and the consequences could be disastrous. A mind that doesn’t ‘exercise’ can shrink which could lead to … Read more
The suitability of financial services for people who suffer from mental health issues is a requirement that can never be overstated. While different companies have accommodated services for the blind, audibly challenged and physically handicapped, a new industry report has come to underline the necessity for financial services to innovate for those with dementia. People … Read more
It usually starts with the little things, maybe a misplaced key or trouble with a route a person has taken a million times before. But these small concerns soon become major worries for thousands of people in Kent. In the first of a series of features highlighting issues affecting the golden generation, Temi Adedeji spoke … Read more
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Antihypertensive treatment is associated with a reduced risk for dementia, according to an individual patient data meta-analysis from randomized clinical trials published online Oct. 25 in the European Heart Journal. Ruth Peters, Ph.D., from Neuroscience Research Australia in Sydney, and colleagues conducted a pooled individual participant data analysis … Read more