Exploring links between hearing loss, dementia and the ‘cognitive reserve’ — plus the role of hearing aids

How does your hear­ing affect demen­tia risk? (Alzheimer’s Research UK): With around 1 mil­lion peo­ple affect­ed by demen­tia in the UK, and 12 mil­lion peo­ple esti­mat­ed to have a type of hear­ing loss, it’s nev­er been more impor­tant to under­stand this link. One way that hear­ing loss and demen­tia could be linked is through our blood…

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Study: Hearing aids may help older adults delay dementia, depression, anxiety, and falls

___ Hear­ing Aids Linked to Low­er Risk of Demen­tia, Depres­sion and Falls, Study Finds (Michi­gan Health Lab): “Old­er adults who get a hear­ing aid for a new­ly diag­nosed hear­ing loss have a low­er risk of being diag­nosed with demen­tia, depres­sion or anx­i­ety in the fol­low­ing three years, and a low­er risk of suf­fer­ing fall-relat­ed injuries,…

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Update: 35% of worldwide dementia cases could be prevented by modifying these 9 modifiable risk factors

Time for Sharp­Brains’ July e‑newsletter, fea­tur­ing fas­ci­nat­ing sci­en­tif­ic find­ings, emerg­ing brain health prac­tices and insights…and some fun teasers. New research Let’s start with the key take-aways from a new and very insight­ful evi­dence review which found nine mod­i­fi­able risk fac­tors for demen­tia — account­ing for 35% of all cas­es: — Edu­ca­tion by age 15 (dur­ing ear­ly life) —…

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Report: 35% of worldwide dementia cases could be prevented by modifying these 9 modifiable risk factors

The Lancet Com­mis­sion: One Third of Demen­tia May Be Pre­ventable (Lancet report release): “Today’s find­ings are extreme­ly hope­ful,” said Maria Car­ril­lo, PhD, chief sci­ence offi­cer at the Alzheimer’s Asso­ci­a­tion. “At an indi­vid­ual lev­el, many peo­ple have the poten­tial to reduce their risk of cog­ni­tive decline, and per­haps demen­tia, through sim­ple, health­ful behav­ior changes. At a…

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