Assessing Risk for Dementia in Patients With Psoriasis
Data indicate that psoriasis affects 2% to 3% of the world population. Although research suggests...
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Assessing Risk for Dementia in Patients With Psoriasis
Data indicate that psoriasis affects 2% to 3% of the world population. Although research suggests...
Illiteracy Tied to Dementia in Older Adults With Low Education
But literacy not associated with rate of cognitive decline among seniors with fewer years of schooling
Family History of Dementia Tied to Early Memory Deficits
Reduced paired-associates learning performance observed long before typical onset of Alzheimer disease
Happiness training may ease dementia caregivers’ anxiety, depression
By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – Much has been written about the stresses and emotional demands of caring for family members with dementia, and a new study suggests that some of this burden can be offset by training...
Dementia Risk in Type 2 Diabetes: Assessing Racial & Ethnic Differences
Published research has shown that type 2 diabetes is associated with about a twofold greater risk...
Linking Vitamin D to Dementia
Adults who were moderately deficient or severely deficient in vitamin D had a 53% and 125%...
Recognizing & Treating Caregiver Burden
Research has shown that unpaid family or informal caregivers provide as much as 90% of the in-home...
Managing Cognitive Decline in Older Adults With Diabetes
This Physician’s Weekly feature on managing cognitive decline in older adults with diabetes was completed in cooperation with the experts at the American Diabetes Association. More than 25% of Americans aged 65 and older has...
Delirium Among Hospitalized AD Patients: The Long-Term Impact
Recent studies show that patients with Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) who are hospitalized are at...
Managing Delirium Among Elderly Patients in the ED
National estimates demonstrate that elderly patients are increasingly presenting for care at EDs...
A New Look at Diagnosing Alzheimer’s Disease
More than years ago, the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke and the Alzheimer’s and Related Disorders Association (now the Alzheimer’s Association) released diagnostic criteria for...
