A common yet underdiagnosed sleep disorder contributes to the development of dementia among adults — particularly women, a Michigan Medicine study suggests. Investigators uncovered this by examining survey… read more.
Polypharmacy, commonly defined as taking five or more medications daily, is a significant health care concern impacting over 30% of older adults. It is associated with poor health outcomes like… read more.
Researchers report that patients treated with semaglutide have achieved a significantly lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease compared to those exposed to seven other anti-diabetic medications, including other… read more.
Type 2 diabetes and prediabetes are associated with accelerated brain ageing, according to a new study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden published in the journal Diabetes Care. The good news… read more.
Public health interventions that tackle dementia risk factors could yield as much as £4bn in savings in England by reducing dementia rates and helping people to live longer… read more.
A large retrospective analysis of the cognitive effects of various antidiabetic treatments has disclosed that the risks of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) were significantly lower in patients… read more.
No one associated with nursing homes – as residents or their families, friends, staff or administrators – is unaware of the massive impact of the pandemic on these… read more.
Much has been written about deprescribing of medicines with anticholinergic effects to reduce overall anticholinergic burden and it is widely recommended as a way to reduce cognitive impairment,… read more.
Phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors (PDE5Is) used to treat erectile dysfunction might also reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease onset, researchers reported on Feb. 7, 2024 in Neurology. “Although… read more.
Up to 1.7 million people could be living with dementia in England and Wales by 2040 – over 40% more than previously forecast – finds a new UCL-led… read more.
New research published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society indicates that antipsychotics are likely overprescribed and used inappropriately among patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) receiving… read more.
Researchers from a newly published study report that, among patients with atrial fibrillation, the risk of developing dementia among those who underwent catheter ablation was about half that… read more.
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