1. Dementia Risk Higher for NFL Players - US News and World Report
Ex-players aged 30 to 49 are 19 times more likely to have memory problems, survey found

2. Middle-Age Heart Risk Factors Shorten Men's Lives - US News and World Report
Smoking, hypertension, high cholesterol cut 10 years of life, study finds

3. Dementia : Causes, incidence, and risk factors  (Trust Mark: Doctor-Reviewed)
The two major causes of non-reversible (degenerative) dementia are: Alzheimer's disease; Loss of brain function due to a series of small strokes (vascular dementia. The two conditions often occur together. Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is a lead...• Reviewer: Luc Jasmin, MD, PhD, Departments of Anatomy & Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

4. Multi-infarct dementia : Causes, incidence, and risk factors  (Trust Mark: Doctor-Reviewed)
Multi-infarct dementia (MID) is the most common form of vascular dementia, and the second most common cause of dementia (after Alzheimer's disease) in people over age 65. An estimated 10 - 20% of all dementias are caused by strokes. MID affects me...• Reviewer: Luc Jasmin, MD, PhD, Departments of Anatomy & Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.