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Dementia
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High midlife fitness tracked 31% lower dementia risk, independent of coronary artery calcium
Cooper Institute and Tel Aviv University researchers linked 10,933 treadmill-tested adults to Medicare records. A coronary calcium score of 100 or more tracked about a quarter higher risk, and the two signals barely overlapped.
Sep 14, 2026
Memory was the most damaged ability in 33 NFL players whose CTE was confirmed at autopsy
The disease behind the football concussion debate can still only be identified after death. Testing 33 former players while they lived, then examining their brains, produced the clearest profile yet.
Sep 8, 2026
Angiotensin receptor blockers tracked 8% less dementia than calcium channel blockers
If a blood pressure drug protects the brain, the obvious explanation is the blood pressure. Emulating a trial across 52,019 older Japanese adults, one class tracked less dementia than another despite both reaching the same pressure.
Sep 2, 2026
Hearing loss tracked worse memory and smaller brain regions; tinnitus tracked neither
Hearing loss is on every list of things that raise dementia risk, and the usual explanation is a brain starved of sound. Scanning 2,144 German adults found the damage sitting partly in the blood vessels instead.
Sep 2, 2026