Dementia is a devastating condition that impacts up to 10 percent of older adults. And while there's no cure, getting diagnosed early can help patients get on a treatment plan and families prepare.

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Striated muscle hamartomas are rare, benign malformations of disorganised but mature striated muscle fibres. This case report presents a congenital striated muscle hamartoma (CSMH) in a primary school ...

Maintaining muscle tone may be one way to prevent dementia, new research suggests. A study presented Tuesday at the meeting of the Radiological Society of North America in Chicago examined how muscle ...

Older individuals with apparent skeletal muscle mass loss were at greater risk of developing dementia, researchers found. People with low temporalis muscle mass -- a set of jawbone muscles linked to ...

Recent scientific breakthroughs have uncovered a surprising link between muscle mass and brain health, particularly regarding dementia risk. This groundbreaking research provides fresh perspectives on ...

CHICAGO – Skeletal muscle loss is a risk factor for developing dementia, according to a study being presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). Skeletal ...

Sarcopenia measured by temporalis muscle thickness (TMT) robustly and independently predicts early relapse and short survival in primary central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma. Very thin TMT is a ...

Maintaining muscle might be one way to help prevent dementia, new research suggests. "We found that older adults with smaller skeletal muscles are about 60% more likely to develop dementia when ...