Dementia — the progressive decline in cognitive abilities, impacting memory, language and reasoning — affects more than 6 ...

Key characteristics: Spider veins aren’t actually veins at all – they’re tiny, damaged capillaries, venules, and arterioles, that appear as red, blue, or purple lines just under the skin’s ...

Researchers from the University of Otago have found a possible link between eye health and the risk of developing dementia.

The scans reveal narrower arterioles (the small blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart) and wider venules (the smallest veins which receive blood from capillaries), and thinner retinal ...

The team found dementia risk scores were usually higher among people with narrower arterioles (tiny vessels that carry blood away from the heart) and wider venules (miniature veins that receive ...