Study identifies factors that predict driving cessation in seniors
May 22, 2024
Older age, female sex and progression to symptomatic Alzheimer’s disease were associated with driving cessation.
Smartphone-based measures can help ID frontotemporal lobar degeneration
Apr 01, 2024
Individuals with frontotemporal lobar degeneration were accurately differentiated from controls with smartphone tests.
No elevated risk for stroke seen after COVID-19 bivalent vaccine receipt
Mar 20, 2024
No evidence was seen for an increased risk for stroke in one- to 21-day or 22- to 42-day windows compared with a 43- to 90-day window after the vaccine.
Incidence of fatigue, chronic fatigue increased significantly after COVID-19 infection
Feb 21, 2024
An increased risk was seen for fatigue and chronic fatigue, with hazard ratios of 1.68 and 4.32 compared with non-COVID-19 controls.
Acute hospital care at home shows promise for medically complex patients
Jan 08, 2024
At 30 days after discharge, the mortality rate was 3.2% and skilled nursing facility use rate was 2.6%.
Higher, lower HDL cholesterol linked to increased risk for dementia
Oct 04, 2023
An increased risk for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia was seen in association with higher and lower versus middle quintile of HDL-C.
Patients at memory clinic more likely to live in advantaged areas
Aug 03, 2023
Lower percentage of patients at clinic self-identified as Black compared with average percentage living in catchment area
Firearm-owning veterans receptive to safety discussions in routine care
Jul 03, 2023
The findings are based on a survey encompassing six clinical contexts involving heightened risk for firearm injury.
Air pollution linked to worse outcomes for COVID-19 patients
Jun 26, 2023
“This article reinforces the evidence that community intervention on air pollution abatement would be a very effective way to protect our population from the impact of COVID-19, with the co-benefit...
Adult survivors of childhood cancer may face late-onset memory impairment
Jun 02, 2023
The findings were seen decades after cancer diagnosis and treatment.