Hypertension is now the top dementia risk factor. That compares to past years when smoking or less education were the leading risk factors, a new study finds. The findings were published Wednesday in ...

It may seem overwhelming, but committee chair Karen Joynt Maddox says small changes may help turn things around.

A new systematic review has identified 17 modifiable risk factors shared by at least two of three major age-related brain disorders — stroke, dementia, and late-life depression (LLD) — in new findings ...

TORONTO — A number of modifiable risk factors are more common in women than in men and have a greater impact on cognition, an early look at new research showed. Six modifiable dementia risk factors ...

Education, body mass index (BMI), and hypertension play a role in the spread of tau tangles, a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease, according to longitudinal PET imaging data presented at the 2025 Society ...

Hypertension affects more than one-third of the global adult population and is a leading contributor to early death from cardiovascular and other chronic diseases. While treatments for high blood ...

Direct anti-VEGF angiogenic agents were a strong risk factor for high-grade hypertension, and multikinase inhibitors for high-grade proteinuria. Vascular endothelial growth factor signaling pathway ...

Tackling hypertension, high cholesterol may help prevent heart attack, stroke, new research confirms. Image credit: Raymond Forbes LLC/Stocksy Researchers estimate that about 85% of all cardiovascular ...

Modifiable risk factors such as obesity, smoking, lack of exercise, diabetes and hypertension are projected to be one of the main drivers of a steep rise in kidney cancer cases, doubling the amount ...

Dementia is an umbrella term used to refer to various illnesses, including Alzheimer’s disease. Dementia is a sinister illness that slowly steals away memories, cognitive function and even personality ...