Tag: Dementia
Cognitive Training Aids Memory in People With Mild Impairment
Learned strategies can help older adults in everyday life
Adjunct Zonisamide Beneficial in Dementia With Lewy Bodies
Zonisamide as an adjunct to levodopa improves parkinsonism without worsening cognitive function
Rheumatic Diseases Associated With Increased Dementia Risk
Statistical significance in Sjögren's syndrome, lupus, OA in females; SS, psoriatic arthritis, OA in males
Cognitive Status Doesn’t Impact Cortical Aβ, Tau in Parkinson’s
Cortical Aβ, tau does not differ in Parkinson's patients who are cognitively normal, with MCI
Benefits for New Immunoassays for Measuring Aβ42 in CSF
May show improved correlation with mass spectrometry reference measurement procedure
Midlife Systemic Inflammation Tied to Late-Life Brain Volume
Smaller hippocampal, Alzheimer's signature region volumes seen 24 years after inflammation noted
Mid-Adulthood HTN Tied to Higher Dementia Risk in Women
Midlife onset of hypertension predicts 73 percent higher dementia risk versus stable normotension
Nursing Home Use Up With Cognitive Impairment Category
One-year mortality especially high for those with prevalent dementia and any nursing home use
Magnesium Levels Tied to Dementia Risk
Both too high and too low of levels tied to increased dementia risk
No Link for Cardiovascular Meds Use, Cognitive Impairment
No link for impaired cognition, antihypertensive, antithrombotic, lipid-modifying agent use
