The study included 356,052 participants younger than 65 years (mean baseline age, 54.6 years) without dementia from the UK Biobank, an ongoing prospective cohort study. Participants underwent a ...

In a new dementia report published in The Lancet journal by researchers who are part of The Lancet Commission, two new modifiable risk factors have been identified: high cholesterol after 40 and ...

A potentially modifiable risk factor for AD is vascular problems, including hypertension and heart diseases. 10 These can lead to reduced brain blood flow or cerebral perfusion, Dr Moreno-Gonzalez ...

Using a score that assesses modifiable risk factors could be used to address racial disparities in stroke prevention, ...

This expanded view is more hopeful for those worried about dementia. While genes account for about half the risk of ...

It may be possible to modify some lifestyle and environmental factors to reduce the risk of patients transitioning from psoriasis to psoriatic arthritis. Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) occurs in ...

Share on Pinterest People could modify their cancer risk by making certain lifestyle changes, new research suggests. Image credit: Henrik Weis/Getty Images. Previous research has shown that several ...

Maggie O’Neill is a health writer and reporter based in New York who specializes in covering medical research and emerging wellness trends, with a focus on cancer and addiction. Prior to her time at ...

More than half of all cardiovascular diseases worldwide have been found to be directly connected to five classic cardiovascular disease risk factors, with high blood pressure being the most ...

Findings of a Mendelian randomization analysis showed that greater body mass index as a child and adult and incidence of smoking were associated with an increased risk of psoriasis, whereas having ...

The researchers found that about 66.4% of women of reproductive age had at least 1 known modifiable risk factor. HealthDay News — About two-thirds of reproductive-aged women in the United States have ...