Death of a Partner and Financial Stress Linked to Increased Risk of Alzheimer's Disease, Differences in Brain Structure

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A study published Thursday, July 3, 2025, in the journal Neurology found that people living in poverty are more likely to develop Alzheimer's or other forms of dementia, regardless of whether they have a family history of the disease. What did the researchers find? According to the study "Dementia Risk Due to Traumatic Brain Injury in Subtypes of Dementia in the Welsh Population," the medical records of at least 196,000 older people in the Unite…

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Stressful vital events can have a negative impact on brain health. In particular, grief over the loss of the partner is related to changes in biological processes linked to Alzheimer's, while unemployment and economic losses are associated with structural differences in the brain. These are the main conclusions of a study resulting from a collaboration between the Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona (ISGlobal), a centre promoted by the "la Ca…

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Life-long exposure to life-threatening events is a potential risk factor, largely unexplored, for Alzheimer’s disease

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Exposure to such events during middle age increases the risk of developing a neurodegenerative disease.

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Stressful vital events can have a negative impact on brain health, according to a study in which the Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona (ISGlobal) and the Barcelonaβeta Brain Research Center (BBRC), research center of the Pasqual Maragall Foundation, have collaborated. In particular, mourning for the loss of the partner is related to changes in biological processes linked to the Alzheimer's, while unemployment and economic losses are associa…