Being Patient: Brain Talks

Could your heart health predict your risk for dementia? 

Caused by damage to the brain’s blood vessels, vascular dementia is one of the most common forms of cognitive decline. It’s not a single disease, but a spectrum of brain injuries resulting from stroke and cardiovascular issues, like high blood pressure and diabetes.

Join us Friday, August 1, at 11 a.m. PT / 2 p.m. ET for a Live Talk with Dr. Jason Hinman, a UCLA vascular neurologist and researcher working on the front lines of diagnosing and treating vascular dementia. Dr. Hinman will explain the risk factors associated with the condition, how it differs from Alzheimer’s disease, and why better diagnostics and biomarkers are changing how we identify and treat it.

Hinman is an associate professor of neurology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and is the newly elected director of the Mary S. Easton Center for Alzheimer’s Research and Care at UCLA. As both a practicing vascular neurologist and a neuroscientist, his research explores the molecular pathways connecting stroke and cognitive decline, aiming to develop new diagnostic tools and treatments.

RSVP HERE to discover how new research is broadening our understanding of vascular dementia, and what it means for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.