Heavy smoking in midlife is associated with a 157 percent increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease and a 172 percent increased risk of developing vascular dementia, according to a Kaiser Perma

How does an activity that increases the risk of getting a particular disease become recommended as a preventative measure for that very same disease? That's what seems to have happened in the case of

OBJECTIVES Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) has a range of adverse health effects, but its association with dementia remains unclear and with dementia syndromes unknown. We examined the dose–respon

Researchers say that dementia is 30% more common in people with long exposures to secondhand smoke. (HealthDay News) -- Breathing in secondhand smoke could raise your risk for Alzheimer's disease a

Current smokers are 50 percent more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease or dementia than people who don't smoke or who gave up smoking, a Dutch report says. Researchers announced these results af