January 15, 2025
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Groundbreaking NYU Langone Health Study Published in Nature Medicine
A recent study from NYU Langone Health, published in Nature Medicine, reveals that the risk of developing dementia after the age of 55 is significantly higher than previously suggested by earlier research. These new findings reinforce that US dementia cases will double—reaching 1 million—by 2060 adding long-standing messages from the Alzheimer’s Association about the increasing risk and prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. While different studies may yield varying results based on methodology or population, all, including the Alzheimer’s Association’s Facts and Figures report, point to an escalating risk and prevalence of dementia in the coming years and decades.