A blood test can predict the risk of dementia in women up to 25 years before symptoms appear, researchers say.Experts in the US found that higher levels of a protein called p-tau217 – which is linked ...

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A new study from Johns Hopkins found that one type of brain-training computer game may help reduce the risk of dementia by up to 25 percent. What’s more, that protective effect appeared to last for ...

Now, newly released, longer-term information from the ACTIVE study shows that a triple-dose of progressively more difficult speed-of-processing game played for 60-75 minutes twice a week over five to ...

Scientists found that a blood protein called p tau217 may reveal dementia risk up to 25 years before symptoms appear.

A long-term study of 2,766 women in the Women’s Health Initiative Memory Study found that higher baseline plasma p-tau217 levels were associated with a greater risk of developing mild cognitive ...

A new study led by researchers at UC San Diego shows a certain protein detected in the blood can provide decades of early warning that a person is at an increased risk of developing dementia later in ...

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