Tag: Dementia
Readmission Rates, Episode Costs Increased for Patients With Dementia
Cost of 30-day readmission and total 30-day episode costs higher for patients with Alzheimer disease and related dementias
Risk for Neurodegenerative Disease Increased for Soccer Players
Increased risk seen for Alzheimer disease and other dementias, but no increase seen for motor neuron disease or Parkinson disease
Vitamin D Supplementation May Cut Dementia Incidence
Any vitamin D supplement exposure was associated with 40 percent lower dementia incidence
AAN: Higher Scores on Life’s Simple 7 Linked to Lower Dementia Risk in Women
For women, higher AHA Life's Simple 7 score at baseline in midlife linked to reduced risk for later-life dementia
Regular Use of Laxatives Linked to Risk for All-Cause Dementia
Risk for all-cause, vascular dementia was increased with number of regularly used laxative types
Pioglitazone Use Linked to Reduced Dementia Risk in T2DM
Reduction in risk was greatest for those with history of ischemic heart disease or stroke
Sleep Meds Tied to Higher Dementia Risk in White Older Adults
No such association seen for Black older adults followed for 15 years, regardless of sleep duration
Lower State-Level Educational Quality During Childhood Tied to Later Dementia
Findings similar across races, but Black individuals more often attended lowest educational quality schools
Staying Married in Midlife Tied to Lower Later Dementia Risk
Being divorced or single increases the risk for dementia
Social Isolation Tied to Wide Variety of Dementia Risk Factors
Social isolation may be a modifiable risk factor for preventing Alzheimer disease-related dementias, authors say
