Harvard researchers have pinpointed over a dozen risk factors for dementia and other brain disorders - and all of them are preventable. Researchers at Mass General Brigham analyzed 37 studies on ...

Three of the most common aging-related diseases share many of the same risk factors — and they can all be reduced through lifestyle changes. That’s according to a new study from Mass General ...

A wide range of modifiable risk and protective factors contribute to the combined burden of age-related brain disease, with high blood pressure, poor kidney function, high blood glucose ...

However, there was still a 24 percent lower risk for never married people, and 17 percent for those who were divorced. That suggests that some of the discrepancies here are due to factors that aren't ...

Explaining the research, he said: "According to a 2024 Lancet commission, nearly half of dementia could theoretically be prevented by addressing 14 risk factors." He added: "Of these 14 risk ...

Women who have experienced pre-eclampsia have accelerated accumulation of cardiovascular (CV) risk factors compared with women who had pregnancies without pre-eclampsia according to research presented ...

T2DM is the type of diabetes you can acquire due to risk factors like obesity and a lack of exercise. Research has also shown that genetics can predispose certain individuals to T2DM. By identifying ...

Aim: To describe the prevalence and risk factors of retinal vein occlusion (RVO) in an Asian population. Methods: The Singapore Malay Eye Study is a population-based, cross-sectional study of 3280 (78 ...

Ideally, people wouldn’t want to develop any of these conditions, she added, so the research team wanted to find shared risk factors so people can essentially achieve multiple goals using the ...

Knowing the risk factors for type 2 diabetes can help you make changes that may help reduce your risk of developing the condition while also benefitting your overall health. If you develop type 2 ...

Background At least 60% of stroke, 40% of dementia and 35% of late-life depression (LLD) are attributable to modifiable risk factors, with great overlap due to shared pathophysiology. This study aims ...