Dr. Paddy Barrett
JANUARY 23, 2024
Dementia Up to 40% of dementia cases could be prevented by focusing on modifiable risk factors 11. Those with high blood pressure from midlife have twice the risk of developing dementia over a 25-year follow-up 12. In most Western populations, dementia consistently ranks as a leading cause of death. Med Sci Sports Exerc.
DAIC
MAY 16, 2024
Launched in 2016, the NINDS’s Mind Your Risks campaign highlights the link between high blood pressure and dementia, particularly among Black men ages 28-45 and provides strategies for preventing and mitigating the effect of high blood pressure on brain and cardiovascular health.
Dr. Paddy Barrett
MARCH 23, 2024
It’s not that they don’t get cardiovascular disease, cancer or dementia; they just get it way later than everyone else. When broken down by disease category, cardiovascular disease, cancer, dementia, stroke, osteoarthritis, hypertension and stroke, the pattern is the same. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. Arch Intern Med.
Dr. Paddy Barrett
AUGUST 22, 2023
Being a carrier of the APOE4 gene variant is associated with higher rates of the most common type of dementia, late-onset dementia. Of those with late-onset dementia, up to 65% are carriers of the APOE4 gene variant 1. Of those with late-onset dementia, up to 65% are carriers of the APOE4 gene variant 1. Epub 2016 Jun 9.
Stroke Journal
FEBRUARY 1, 2024
In 2016, participants provided blood samples and methylation and genomic data was generated. BHe was a composite of stroke, dementia and late-life depression. Stage 1 entailed testing for association between BHe prior to 2016 (exposure) and epigenetic age (outcome). Results:Results are summarized in the Figure.
Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
from 2016‐2019 and secondary diagnosis of T2DM. Data was weighted to allow for representative nationwide estimates.ResultsWe identified 426,549 patients who were admitted with a primary diagnosis of TIA between 2016 and 2019. The primary diagnosis of the readmission was used to identify the etiology of readmission.
Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Stroke is one of the major causes of dementia, disability, and mortality worldwide. The rise in the prevalence of stroke has been attributed to the shortage of vascular neurology services in underdeveloped African nations.
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