"What is good for the heart is good for the brain," one researcher says.

Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia, but following closely behind (affecting an estimated 5 to 10 percent of people with dementia) is a particular type that stems from ...

OBESITY is a direct cause of dementia, say scientists. Flab has for years been known to be a risk for brain damage but ...

High body mass index (BMI) could cause a higher risk of vascular-related dementia (a combination of vascular + unspecified ...

Danish researchers found that obesity and high blood pressure both increase the risk of developing the debilitating condition ...

People with obesity and high blood pressure may face a higher risk of dementia, according to a new study published in The ...

A new study finds that obesity and high blood pressure may directly cause dementia, not just increase the risk.

Scientists have found that adding a missing phospholipid back into the bloodstream might help improve blood flow and reduce ...

Dementia before age 80 is potentially preventable through early intervention on common vascular risk factors, according to research led by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Findings ...

High body mass index (BMI) could cause a higher risk of vascular-related dementia (a combination of vascular + unspecified dementia), according to new ...

Vascular dementia - cognitive impairment caused by disease in the brain's small blood vessels - is a widespread problem, but it has not been as thoroughly studied as Alzheimer's disease, in which ...