One in six visits to the emergency department in 2022 that resulted in hospital admission had a wait of four or more hours. Fifty percent of the patients who were boarded for any length of time were ...

The shingles vaccine reduced dementia risk by 20 percent in a recent study. The vaccine’s protective effect against dementia was more pronounced in women. Shingles vaccination is recommended for ...

MINNEAPOLIS — While some studies have suggested that having a mother with Alzheimer’s disease may put you more at risk of developing the disease, a new study finds that having a father with ...

A drug originally developed to treat a rare neurological disease that weakens nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord may also hold promise for combating Alzheimer's, according to new research ...

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WEDNESDAY, April 9, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Brain diseases like stroke, dementia and depression share common risk factors, and changing any can lower a person’s risk of all three conditions ...

Share on Pinterest Common antidiabetes drugs could help lower Alzheimer’s risk, increasing evidence suggests. Image credit: mbbirdy/Getty Images. A new study investigates the relationship ...

This monocentric, sham-controlled, randomised, double-blind pilot trial conducted in Italy included 48 patients (mean age, 72.8 years; 56% women) with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease ...

"Diabetes may be altering the brain similarly to early stages of Alzheimer’s disease," said lead researcher and UNLV psychology professor James Hyman in the release. The study was funded by the ...

A vaccine to fight dementia? It turns out there may already be one — shots that prevent painful shingles also appear to protect aging brains. A new study found shingles vaccination cut older ...

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Starmarpro via Shutterstock The case for Ozempic as a dementia buster is building. Research published this week has found that GLP-1 drugs are associated with a lower risk of dementia in people ...