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A peer-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy-based intervention may improve quality of life among patients with diabetes and chronic pain

Cognitive Behavioral Program Benefits Patients With Diabetes

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Peer-delivered program tied to improvements in quality of life, physical activity, pain
Intensive systolic blood pressure control lowers the risk for major cardiovascular events

Intensive Systolic BP Control May Not Benefit All Older Adults

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No real benefit seen for adults ≥80 years with lower cognitive function
Both recent severe hypoglycemia and lifetime severe hypoglycemia are associated with worse cognition among older adults with type 1 diabetes

Severe Hypoglycemia in Seniors With T1DM May Worsen Cognition

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Findings seen for both recent and lifetime hypoglycemia among older adults with type 1 diabetes
For adults with posttraumatic stress disorder

Neither Psychotherapy Nor Medications Favored for PTSD

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Evidence insufficient to determine whether psychotherapy, medications are more effective
Individuals with objectively-defined subtle cognitive difficulties have faster amyloid accumulation and faster entorhinal cortical thinning compared with cognitively normal individuals

Subtle Cognitive Difficulties May Predict Amyloidosis

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Individuals with objectively-defined SCD have faster amyloid accumulation, entorhinal cortical thinning
Among older adults who have cardiovascular disease risk factors and cognitive impairments with no dementia

Aerobic Exercise May Slow Cognitive Decline in Older Adults

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Findings seen at one-year follow-up in older adults with cardiovascular risk factors, cognitive impairment
Playing analog games is associated with less relative cognitive decline

Playing Analog Games Tied to Less Relative Cognitive Decline

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Findings based on assessment from childhood to older age as well as from age 70 to 79 years
Sleep deprivation has more far-reaching effects on cognitive function than previously thought

Sleep Deprivation Affects More Than Just Attention

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Effect seen on ability to complete a series of steps without losing one's place when interrupted
Declines in cognition are seen even in individuals with subclinical aged-related hearing loss

Cognition Declines Tied to Hearing Loss Begin Early

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Cognitive impairment starts as soon as hearing becomes imperfect, suggesting need for earlier testing, treatment
Statin therapy is not associated with increased decline in memory or cognition among older adults

Statin Use Not Linked to Rate of Cognitive Decline in Seniors

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Rate of decline in memory, global cognition similar for elderly statin users, never users over six-year period