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Tag Archives: Cortisol
Early Research on Stress and Social Disadvantage as Potential Risk Factors (BBC News / AAIC)
Summary Early research findings presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in London suggest that stressful life events, and more generally the chronic stress of enduring social deprivation life-long, may age the brain. The researchers claim that extremely stressful experiences … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, International, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged 2017 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC®2017), African Americans, Alzheimer’s Association AAIC Press Office, Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC®2017), Centre for the Study of Social Cohesion: University of Oxford, Cortisol, Dementia Risk Factors, Dementia Risk Prevention, Dementia Risk Reduction, Dementia Risk Reduction and Prevention, Environmental Risk Factors, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Ethnicity, Health Determinants, Health Improvement, Health Inequalities, Health Policy, Immune System, Immune System and Neurodegenerative Diseases, Improving Local Public Health, Improving Public Health, Inflammation, Inflammation and Neurodegenerative Diseases, Inflammatory Response, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Modifiable Risk Factors, Necroptosis, Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neurodegenerative Disorders, Neuroinflammation, Overlapping Risk Factors, Potentially Modifiable Socio-Environmental Risk Factors, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Prevention of Dementia, Reducing Health Inequalities, Risk Factors, Social Epidemiology, Socio-Environmental Risk Factors, Stressful Life Experiences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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Mid-Life Stress Precedes Dementia in Women (BBC News / BMJ Open)
Summary A recent epidemiological study of 800 Swedish women has found that mid-life stress may increase women’s risk of developing dementia. Women who had to cope with stressful events, such as divorce or bereavement, were more likely to develop Alzheimer’s Disease decades later. … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, For Doctors (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Quick Insights, Universal Interest
Tagged Alzheimer’s Association Zenith Award, Alzheimer’s Disease: Risk Factors, Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation, Behind the Headlines, BMJ Open, Cortisol, Critical Appraisals, Department of Clinical Neuroscience: Karolinska Institutet, Department of Family Consumer and Human Development and Departments of Psychology, Distress, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Glucocorticoid Hormones, Gothenburg University, Handlanden Hjalmar Svenssons Forskningsfond, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology: Sahlgrenska Academy at Gothenburg University, Irritability, Karolinska Institutet, Logan: USA, Mölndal: Sweden, Modifiable Risk Factors, National Institutes of Health / National Institutes on Aging, Neuropsychiatric Epidemiology Unit: Sahlgrenska Academy at Gothenburg University, Plasma Cortisol, Prospective Population Study of Women in Gothenburg, Psychosocial Stress, Risk Factors, Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Diseease, Sahlgrenska Academy at Gothenburg University, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Sahlgrenska School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Section for Psychiatry: Karolinska Institutet, Section for Public Health Epidemiology: Sahlgrenska Academy at Gothenburg University, Social Epidemiology, Stiftelsen för Gamla Tjänarinnor, Stiftelsen Professor Bror Gadelius’ Minnesfond, Stiftelsen Söderström-Königska Sjukhemmet, Stockholm, Stress, Stress Hormones, Sweden, Swedish Brain Power, Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research, Swedish Medical Research Council, Swedish Women, Tension, USA, Utah State University
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