Your brain’s blood supply follows a precise map — and knowing it can save lives in a stroke emergency. From the circle of Willis to the middle cerebral artery, each vessel feeds specific brain regions ...

“[...] the associations between common non-invasive measures of cardiovascular health (e.g., blood pressure) and risk of dementia are not well-established ...

Vascular dementia is the second most common type of dementia. Strokes that affect cognitive (thinking) abilities cause vascular dementia. Vascular dementia often worsens in a stepwise pattern, and ...

There’s no specific test to confirm you have vascular dementia. Doctors often arrive at a diagnosis after considering your symptoms and observations from a neurological exam, lab tests, and brain ...