UT San Antonio researchers are exploring how everyday choices, cardiovascular health, sleep patterns and emerging biological markers may influence Alzheimer’s disease risk. Their work is advancing understanding of dementia prevention, early diagnosis and the factors that help people maintain cognitive health and independence as they age.

A new study from UT Health San Antonio shows that even a small decrease in blood pressure can have a positive effect in delaying the progression of cerebral small vessel disease. Small vessel disease is a major factor in strokes, cognitive decline, dementia and other diseases prevalent in old age.

As a neuropsychologist and clinical associate professor of neurology at the Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases at UT Health San Antonio, A. Campbell Sullivan, PsyD, is on the front lines daily of groundbreaking research and patient care in frontotemporal dementia and other neurodegenerative disorders.

Staying physically active and managing blood sugar in midlife may be associated with slower cognitive decline later in life, according to new research from from UT Health San Antonio, the academic health center of The University of Texas at San Antonio.