Study finds dementia clot clue

BLOOD clots in the brain could hold the key to treating and preventing dementia, scientists said yesterday.

People with Alzheimer’s are three times more likely to have spontaneous blood clots or debris (called cerebral emboli) in their brains, new research showed.

Those suffering vascular dementia, where blood vessels narrow and parts of the brain noticeably die, are also about three times as likely to have the clots.