Dementia - What Increases Your Risk
Aging is the main risk factor for all types of dementia. Some diseases that cause dementia (such as early-onset Alzheimer's disease and some frontotemporal dementias) may run in families.
You have a greater chance of developing vascular dementia if you:
Alzheimer's Disease Therapy Options
The U.S. population is getting older, and as it ages, Alzheimer's disease is becoming an increasingly bigger concern. Within the next 50 years, the incidence of Alzheimer's is expected to quadruple, affecting one in 45 Americans. Today, there is still no cure for Alzheimer's. People with the disease progressively lose memory and the ability to function. Researchers are still trying to fully understand how its brain plaques and tangles lead to memory loss and other cognitive, behavioral and psychiatric...
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- Are male.
- Have high blood pressure.
- Have had a heart attack.
- Have atherosclerosis, a buildup of fat and calcium in the arteries, which can lead to coronary artery disease.
- Have diabetes.
- Have high cholesterol.
- Have had a stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA).
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