Dementia diagnoses up in individuals with acute kidney injury
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Haymarket Media
Sep 05, 2024
Developing AKI was associated with a significantly increased rate of subsequent dementia; the pattern was consistent across dementia types.
Multiple sclerosis linked to lower risk for Alzheimer’s disease pathology
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Haymarket Media
Aug 30, 2024
A lower rate of amyloid-β plasma biomarker positivity was seen in multiple sclerosis patients compared with non-MS controls.
Studies highlight increasing dementia deaths, contributing factors to diagnosis and cognitive decline
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 16, 2024
More people are dying from dementia, and location and demographics are among the factors that may contribute to not only a dementia diagnosis, but also to how quickly someone will experience cognitive...
Regional variation seen in Alzheimer’s and related dementia diagnosis
Aug 19, 2024
The ADRD-specific diagnosis intensity varies most for Black, Hispanic and youngest subgroups.
Risk for Alzheimer’s dementia lower with treated versus untreated HTN
Aug 14, 2024
The all-cause dementia risk was greater for those with treated and untreated hypertension compared with healthy controls.
Alzheimer’s care, quality of life improve with innovative immersion room
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Aug 05, 2024
A creative new room at a Long Island, NY, nursing home may serve as a model for improving the quality of Alzheimer’s care.
To know or not to know, that is the question
By
John O'Connor
Aug 15, 2024
We live in an era where finding answers quickly is highly valued. But is faster always better?
CCRC program bridges gap between assisted living, memory care for residents
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 14, 2024
A full memory support program with a growing waiting list prompted one continuing care retirement / life plan community to create a program that bridges the gap between assisted living and full memory...
Alzheimer’s prognosis models should expand data sources
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Kristen Fischer
Aug 12, 2024
Integrating data from nursing home electronic health records (EHRs) and claims in addition to the minimum data set (MDS) — data required for nursing home residents — could be better than just relying...
COVID-19 continues to affect leading causes of death in US: CDC
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 12, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic radically altered the rankings of the leading causes of death in the United States in 2020, and although COVID ranks lower on the list of causes in 2023, its effects continue to be...