Dementia Dimensions

Dementia Resource Center Blog for At Home Caregivers

cholesterol

February is American Heart Month, making it the perfect time to discuss the important connection between heart health and brain health.
Out of the 800,000 stroke survivors in a year in the U.S., 480,000 develop dementia.
Several studies over the past decade have looked at the possible link between cholesterol and dementia, specifically vascular dementia, which is caused by conditions such as stroke that disrupt blood flow to the brain.