Tag: Dementia

Seniors with Alzheimer disease and related dementia have lower rates of home discharge and higher mortality

To a lesser extent, engagement in creative artistic activities and passive mental activities linked to lower dementia risk

Dementia prevalence higher among those with near VI, contrast sensitivity impairment, and moderate or worse distance VI

Increase in white matter lesions volume also seen

Greater number of chronic pain sites linked to increased incident all-cause dementia, Alzheimer disease but not vascular and frontotemporal dementia

Patients with dementia are more likely to have a registered care partner with shared access to patient portal

Those in highest quintile of total cholesterol, triglycerides had increased risk for AD and Alzheimer-related dementias

Women with atrial fibrillation and normal baseline cognition had higher risk of disease progression from normal to MCI, MCI to dementia

Autopsy revealed multiple CTE lesions and brain abnormalities, similar to those seen in male athletes diagnosed with CTE

Higher hazard ratios noted with increasing duration of use; increased risk seen for those receiving treatment at age 55 years or younger