Latest News for: Dementia

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How Savvy Habits May Help Head Off Dementia

Laurel Leader-Call 13 Apr 2025
SATURDAY, April 12, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- From slurping daily spoonfuls of fish oil to giving up alcohol, lifting weights and playing word games, older Americans think just about anything that might keep their brains sharp is worth a try ....
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Shingles awful, but there may be another reason to get vaccinated: It may fight dementia

Journal Courier 13 Apr 2025
A vaccination to prevent horribly painful shingles may offer an extra benefit. New research suggests it might lower the risk of dementia, too ... .
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‘We are able to say much more confidently that the shingles vaccine causes a reduction in dementia risk’

The Irish Times 13 Apr 2025
The research, which was published in the Nature journal last week, found that those who received the vaccine were 20 per cent less likely to develop dementia over the next seven years compared to those who did not receive the vaccine.
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Wellingborough carers hike up Snowdon for dementia choir

BBC News 13 Apr 2025
Care home staff who scaled Snowdon in treacherous weather have raised almost £4,000 for a local dementia choir ... Home manager Carley Calder said she had to remind herself of the good work by the charity Dementia Sings Out, which helps her residents.
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I’m a dementia nurse and it’s not an inevitable part of ageing – here’s what ...

The Sun 13 Apr 2025
GettyThere are an estimated 982,000 people with dementia in the UK[/caption] ... In fact, inactivity is said to account for two per cent of global dementia cases, so simply getting moving could stop hundreds of thousands of people falling ill.
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Ex-Abercrombie CEO has dementia and is unfit for sex trafficking trial, prosecutors and defense say

The Washington Times 12 Apr 2025
The former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch is suffering from dementia and isn't competent to stand trial on sex trafficking charges, according to prosecutors and his lawyers ... .
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Being Married Linked To Increased Risk Of Dementia New Study

MENA FN 12 Apr 2025
(MENAFN - The Conversation) Would you believe me if I told you that staying single or ending your marriage could lower your odds of getting dementia? A new study led by researchers at Florida State ... .
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Being Married Linked To Increased Risk Of Dementia: New Study

NDTV 12 Apr 2025
The researchers also found that divorced or never-married people were less likely to progress frommild cognitive impairmentto dementia ... .
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Forum on dementia for Ontario County residents is April 22

Finger Lakes Times 12 Apr 2025
ROCHESTER — The Rochester & Finger Lakes Region Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association will hold a community forum for Ontario County residents living with or caring for someone with Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia ... .
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More older parents are caring for an adult child with dementia, flipping the familiar caregiving narrative

Wall Street Journal 12 Apr 2025
More older parents are caring for an adult child with dementia while dealing with their own long-term care needs ... .
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Motor racing-Schumacher signs helmet for Stewart's dementia charity

The Star 12 Apr 2025
... on Sunday to raise funds for dementia research.
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