BMI declines seen seven years before cognitive impairment diagnosis
Nov 02, 2022
However, after diagnosis, BMI declines at the same pace in people who develop or do not develop dementia.
Older adults with poor-prognosis cancers commonly have preexisting conditions
Nov 02, 2022
These preexisting conditions affect functional impairment, mobility and falls.
Meta-analysis shows decrease in dementia risk with hypertension treatment
Nov 02, 2022
Lowering blood pressure with antihypertensive treatment may reduce the risk for incident dementia in older adults with a history of hypertension.
Cancer death rates continuing to decline for adults, children
Oct 31, 2022
The incidence remained stable among men and increased among women during 2014 to 2018.
Gaps exist in studying impact of mental health hotlines
Oct 28, 2022
Veteran hotlines typically reached older men.
Low-carbohydrate diet yields greater decrease in HbA1c
Oct 27, 2022
Reductions in HbA1c, fasting plasma glucose and body weight at six months was greater with a low-carbohydrate diet versus usual diet in individuals with elevated untreated HbA1c.
Medically tailored meals could avert hospitalizations, yield savings
Oct 26, 2022
Implementation of medically tailored meals potentially could avert 1.6 million hospitalizations and yield net savings of $13.6 billion per year.
Heart failure mortality lower with healthier food environment
Oct 25, 2022
A lower county food insecurity percentage and a higher county food environment index were linked to a lower heart failure mortality rate.
One-year mortality 13.4 percent for seniors after major surgery
Oct 25, 2022
THe one-year mortality following major surgery increased for adults aged 65 years or older with frailty or probable dementia.
Prevalence of dementia estimated at 10 percent in 2016
Oct 24, 2022
The risk for dementia reduced with each additional year of education; dementia prevalence was higher for Blacks.