Others may become anxious in social situations. Anxiety is common in people who have dementia. It can also make thinking clearly and remembering things even more challenging. People may also be more ...

New Delhi, People with anxiety could be at three times the risk of developing dementia compared to those without anxiety, according to a study. People aged 60-70 years with chronic (persistent ...

Persistent anxiety raised the risk of all-cause dementia in older adults, a longitudinal study showed. Both chronic anxiety (HR 2.80, 95% CI 1.35-5.72, P=0.01) and new-onset anxiety (HR 3.20 ...

Women reported on current treatment for depression or anxiety and recent medication use on a re-survey in median year 2001 (IQR 2001-2003). All participants were followed for incident dementia through ...

Often believed to be a prodromal feature of neurodegenerative disease, anxiety may also be an independent risk factor for dementia, operationally defined here as preceding dementia diagnosis by ≥10 ...

This review also explores how other illnesses, common in older adults with dementia, worsen sleep disturbances. Conditions such as diabetes, thyroid dysfunction, heart disease, and anxiety disrupt ...

Recent headlines suggest that up to 42% of people ages 55 and older face an eventual dementia diagnosis. But some experts have a follow-up message: Risk isn't the same as destiny, and there are ways ...