In a recent study published in the journal BMJ, a team of French researchers investigated the association between progestogen use and the risk of benign central nervous system tumors such as intracranial meningioma among women.
A recent study in the journal Hypertension Research investigates whether patients with hypertension are at a higher risk of developing dementia.
The consequences of chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP) may extend well beyond physical discomfort, potentially leading to faster aging of the brain, new research showed.
The present study published in Nature Mental Health obtained food-liking data from the United Kingdom (UK) Biobank. A total of 181,990 participants who completed a food-liking questionnaire were included. The mean age of the participants was 70.7 years, and about 57% were female.
Researchers linked midlife stress and childhood trauma to an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease and neuroinflammation.
Dementia is a neurodegenerative disease associated with an impaired ability to think, remember, or make decisions. Since dementia has a long pre-clinical stage, early diagnosis is crucial.
Recently published in JAMA Neurology, a longitudinal cohort study showed that offspring of women with epilepsy exposed to levetiracetam, oxcarbazepine, and lamotrigine had the lowest prevalence of major congenital malformations (MCMs) compared with other antiseizure medications (ASMs). These findings may help guide clinicians for safer treatment...
"Insights & Implications in Gerontology: The Vital Role of Nutrition in Brain Health," a new publication from the Gerontological Society of America, explores nutritional choices that have been shown to improve cognition and decrease the risk of cognitive impairment and dementia in older adults.
Nontraditional risk factors such as migraine and autoimmune diseases have a significantly greater effect on stroke risk in young adults than traditional risk factors such as hypertension, high cholesterol, and tobacco use, new research showed.
Cognitive assessments administered via a smartphone app are a reliable and valid way to detect frontotemporal dementia (FTD) in high-risk individuals, new research showed.
