Tag: Dementia
CDC: 2000 to 2017 Saw Increase in Mortality Due to Dementia
Age-adjusted death rate was 66.7 deaths per 100,000 U.S. population in 2017
Diet Quality in Midlife Not Linked to Later Risk for Dementia
No significant difference in incidence rates for dementia according to measures of diet quality
Conversion From Sleep Disorder to Neurodegeneration Studied
Predictors include abnormal quantitative motor testing, MCI, olfactory deficit, motor symptoms
Lowering BP, Lipids in Healthy Elderly Has No Cognitive Effect
Candesartan/hydrochlorothiazide, rosuvastatin, combination therapy do not affect cognitive decline
Midlife Cognitive, Physical Activity May Cut Dementia Risk
Cognitive activity in midlife linked to reduced risks for total dementia, Alzheimer disease
Study Looks at Pathology of CTE in American Football Players
CTE-related ptau pathology evolves according to age; CTE frequency higher in professional football players
Midlife Systemic Inflammation Linked to Later Cognitive Decline
Individuals with a midlife inflammation composite score in top quartile had 7.8 percent steeper decline
Education Not Tied to Rate of Cognitive Change in Seniors
Education was not associated with onset, rate of accelerated decline before dementia diagnosis
Trazodone Not Associated With Reduced Risk for Dementia
Study refutes animal studies suggesting trazodone delays dementia in patients at prodromal stage
Ethnic Differences Seen at Time of Dementia Diagnosis in U.K.
Asian and black patients younger at diagnosis, have lower cognitive scores than white patients
