Silent brain infarcts and the risk of dementia and cognitive decline

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Healthy elderly people who have brain infarcts on an MRI scan have twice the risk of developing dementia in the future compared to those who do not, according to a study of 1,015 elderly people. The medical term infarct means that part of the body has not received enough blood and has begun to die. If it occurs in the brain, it is called a stroke. Some strokes may be so small they cause no symptoms.

Brain infarction

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Total homocysteine and cognitive decline in a community-based sample of elderly subjects: The Rotterdam Study

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Cognitive decline, major dementia symptom, as related to total homocysteine levels is discussed as seen in a community-based study of elderly subjects in The Netherlands. A relationship between cognitive decline and homocysteine seems plausible, based on biology, but no association was found in the study.

Netherlands, Psychological aspects, Aging, Statistical Data Included, Research, Mortality, Physiological aspects, Statistics, Epidemiological research, Cross sectional studies, Homocysteine

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Incidental findings on brain MRI in the general population

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A study to examine the total number of cases of the disease like brain tumors, vascular abnormalities, in general population at a given time was conducted. Results concluded that most frequent incidental brain findings on MRI is brain infarcts, cerebral aneurysms and tumors.

United States, Population, Evaluation, Diagnosis, Technology application, Magnetic resonance imaging, Brain tumors, Brain tumours, Clinical report

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