The annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology was held this year from April 13 to 18 in Denver, drawing participants from around the world, including clinicians, academicians, allied health professionals,...
Risk for adverse outcomes increased with antipsychotic use in dementia
Apr 19, 2024
Risks increased for stroke, venous thromboembolism, myocardial infarction, heart failure, fracture, pneumonia and acute kidney injury.
Lower state-level educational quality during childhood tied to later dementia
Feb 14, 2023
Findings were similar across races, but Black individuals more often attended the lowest educational quality schools.
New model predicts five-year Alzheimer’s dementia risk
Oct 12, 2022
The model includes demographic information, brain imaging test results and genetic biomarkers.
Number of teeth, periodontitis in older adults linked to hippocampal atrophy
Jul 06, 2023
A qualitative interaction was seen between the number of teeth present and the mean periodontal probing depth for symmetric percentage change in left hippocampus.
New tool can predict individual’s dementia risk
Nov 18, 2022
The risk score model yielded almost 100% prediction accuracy of 13-year dementia risk.
Many US adults unlikely to enroll in drug trials for dementia prevention
Nov 08, 2022
Those with a family history or higher self-perceived risk are more likely to participate.
Adult day services with specialized care have higher proportion with dementia
Jan 25, 2024
42.2% of clients have dementia in adult day services centers providing specialized care versus 22.7% in nonspecialized centers.
Study links greater number of chronic pain sites to risk for dementia
Jul 12, 2023
A greater number of chronic pain sites was linked to an increased incident all-cause dementia and Alzheimer’s disease but not vascular and frontotemporal dementia.
Impact of climate change on neurologic health reviewed
Nov 17, 2022
Associations were seen for temperature extremes and variability with stroke and hospitalization for dementia; for airborne pollutants, risk for dementia and Parkinson’s disease.