Dementia

A decade-long study: This eye sign can predict dementia years in advance

A new study found that the thickness of the retina in the eye may predict future risk of Alzheimer’s and dementia years before symptoms appear – opening the door to early and simple diagnosis.

|ByWALLA! HEALTH
Every measurable decrease in retinal thickness increased the risk of Alzheimer’s by about 3%
Comparison of two brain diagrams. Left, normal brain, right, brain of a person with Alzheimer's disease.

'Aging in Wellness and Adversity': Embracing patients coping with old age, dementia - book review

Abramowitz founded and directed the Melabev organization, initially a place where volunteers worked with dementia patients whose families wanted to keep their loved ones out of institutions.

|ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
A man in the gym

A huge study: This is the exact age at which physical exercise reduces dementia risk by 45%

A large-scale American study reveals that physical activity in midlife and in old age reduces the risk of dementia by 45% – even among carriers of the gene that increases the risk for Alzheimer’s.

|ByDORON KUPERSTEIN
A doctor looks at a brain X-ray

A doctor reveals how to reduce the risk of dementia – with one simple food every day

They’re available to all of us, yet we don’t eat enough of them. So what is the tasty and healthy snack that keeps the brain sharp?

|ByWALLA! HEALTH

WHO: Number of people with dementia set to jump 40% to 78m. by 2030

Dementia affects memory, orientation, learning capacity, language, judgement, and the ability to perform everyday tasks.

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021ByREUTERS
Patients with Alzheimer's and dementia are sit inside the Alzheimer foundation in Mexico City

Can we prevent astrocytes in our brain from using cholesterol to cause Alzheimer’s?

Alzheimer’s is primarily caused by a protein called “tau”, which creates “tangles” in the brain neurons, and by a substance known as amyloid-beta (Aβ), which forms extracellular plaques.

AUGUST 15, 2021ByHADAS LABRISCH
Holocaust survivor Betty Stein, 92, (L) and Eli Boyer, 91, play ping pong at a program for people with Alzheimer's and dementia at the Arthur Gilbert table tennis center in Los Angeles