Matthew Lennon, Darren Lipnicki, Ben Chun Pan Lam, et al. Neurology. Originally published September 10, 2024 issue “These results suggest that treating high blood pressure as a person ages continues to be a crucial factor in reducing their risk of…
Category: Dementia
FollowEffects of intensive lifestyle changes on the progression of mild cognitive impairment or early dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease: a randomized, controlled clinical trial
Comprehensive lifestyle changes may significantly improve cognition and function after 20 weeks in many patients with MCI or early dementia due to AD.
A new potential biomarker for dementia with Lewy bodies
Vincenzo Donadio, MD, PhD, Alex Incensi, BSc, Giovanni Rizzo, MD, et al. Neurology. Originally published July 25, 2017. “In autonomic skin nerves, p-syn is a sensitive biomarker for DLB diagnosis, helping to differentiate DLB from other forms of dementia, although this…
Dementia prevention, intervention, and care
Gill Livingston, MD, Andrew, Sommerlad, MSc, Vasiliki Orgeta, PhD, et al. Lancet. Originally published July 19, 2017. “Dementia is not an inevitable consequence of ageing and the Commission identifies nine potentially modifiable health and lifestyle factors from different phases of…
Blood Pressure and Risk of Vascular Dementia
Connor A. Emdin, HBSc, Peter M. Rothwell, FMedSci; Gholamreza Salimi-Khorshidi, DPhil, et al. Stroke. Originally published May 10, 2016. “Blood pressure is positively associated with risk of vascular dementia, irrespective of preceding transient ischemic attack or stroke.”
All in a Day’s Work
Sudden visual loss, an unwelcome interruption in the endothelium, PRES forward she cannot, the distant lights dimming. Chronic crawls in the legs, a constant irritation in the mind and muscle, RLS the alphabets, a hole in the stomach burning. Unable…
Midlife personality and risk of Alzheimer disease and distress: a 38-year follow-up
Lena Johansson, PhD, Xinxin Guo, MD, PhD, Paul R. Duberstein, et al. Neurology. Originally published October 21, 2014. “A higher degree of neuroticism in midlife was associated with increased risk of AD dementia and long-standing distress over 38 years… Extraversion was associated with a lower degree of…
Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics − 2014 Update
Alan S. Go, MD, Dariush Mozaffarian, MD, DrPH, FAHA, Véronique L. Roger, MD, MPH, FAHA, et al. Circulation. Originally published January 21, 2014. Approximately 40% of individuals with either atrial fibrillation or heart failure will develop the other condition. Atrial fibrillation prevalence…
Monetary Costs of Dementia in the United States
Michael D Hurd, PhD, Paco Martorell, PhD, Adeline Delavande, PhD, Kathleen J Mullen, PhD, Kenneth M Langa, MD, PhD. New England Journal of Medicine. Originally published April 4, 2013. “Dementia, a chronic disease of aging characterized by progressive cognitive decline that…