Nightmares in midlife may point to future cognitive decline, dementia
Jul 12, 2024
The findings were seen in middle-aged and older adults from the general population who did not have Parkinson’s disease.
Self-administered gerocognitive exam improves detection of cognitive issues in primary care
Jul 02, 2024
Detection rates appear to increase during nonacute office visits.
Simple cognitive test and EMR tool boost dementia care actions in primary care setting, trial finds
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Kristen Fischer
Jun 07, 2024
A five-minute cognitive assessment test and an electronic medical record (EMR) decision-making add-on system improved dementia diagnosis and care, according to a clinical trial.
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.
Cognitive difficulties tied to lower return to work after breast cancer
Aug 23, 2024
Return to work two years after diagnosis was associated with higher cognitive speed performance before and after cancer treatment.
Cognitive impairment more often experienced by patients with RA
Jul 31, 2024
People with rheumatoid arthritis with moderate-to-high inflammation also have lower mean values in the Montreal Cognitive Assessment and lower executive function scores.
Chemo tied to gut microbiome changes and associated cognitive decline
Jul 23, 2024
The findings were independent of chemotherapy-induced inflammation.
Higher inflammation from early adulthood linked to worse cognition
Jul 08, 2024
Worse executive function and processing speeding were seen with consistently higher or moderate/increasing inflammation.
Tau PET performs well in predicting dementia in individuals with MCI
Jun 12, 2024
Tau positron emission tomography predicts all-cause dementia and Alzheimer disease dementia
The 5-Cog paradigm improves diagnosis, management of dementia
Jun 11, 2024
A threefold improvement was seen in dementia care actions with the 5-Cog paradigm, a culturally adept cognitive detection tool.