Alzheimer's & Dementia
Demographics and government budget policies are on a collision course. The aging of the massive baby boom generation is threatening the future solvency of the nation’s entitlement programs. The budget-driven response by policy makers is to cut entitlements and reduce spending on discretionary programs, such as funding for research supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Sadly, this response...
Because of the aging population, the frequency of dementia will dramatically increase in the coming years. Prevention of cognitive disorders and dementia has become a major public health challenge. High blood pressure is a major risk factor for cerebrovascular diseases and is also correlated closely with cognitive decline and dementia. Several epidemiologic studies have found that cognitive functions...
It is unclear whether vascular dementia (VaD) has a cognitive prodrome, akin to the mild cognitive impairment (MCI) prodrome to Alzheimer’s dementia (AD). To evaluate whether VaD has a cognitive prodrome, and if it can be differentiated from prodromal AD, we examined neuropsychological test performance of participants in a nested case-control study within a population-based cohort aged 65 or older...