Alzheimer's & Cognition
From the Journals
Targeting obesity could slow brain aging in psychosis
"The brains of participants with [first-episode psychosis] appeared on average 2.64 years older than their chronological age."
Daily News Podcast
MDedge Daily News: Diabetes patients ignore a deadly risk
And a three-in-one pill could change hypertension treatment.
Savvy Psychopharmacology
Ruling out delirium: Therapeutic principles of withdrawing and changing medications
Ms. M, age 71, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease several months ago and her clinical presentation and Mini-Mental Status Exam score of 22...
Cases That Test Your Skills
Worsening agitation and hallucinations: Could it be PTSD?
Mr. G, age 57, presents with confusion, hallucinations, and agitation. He has a history of PTSD, depression, anxiety, and lung cancer. What could...
From the Journals
Alzheimer’s: Biomarkers, not cognition, will now define disorder
This new way of classifying AD may change the way doctors and patients talk about the disease – and, one day, could change treatment.
From the Editor
Are you neuroprotecting your patients? 10 Adjunctive therapies to consider
Recurrent episodes of psychosis, mania, or depression have been shown to be potentially neurodegenerative and associated with neurotoxicity due...
Feature
Federal budget grants $1.8 billion to Alzheimer’s and dementia research
The largest-ever appropriation includes a $414 million boost and may be followed by $597 million more next year.
Video
Promoting your older patient’s healthy ‘brain aging’
George T. Grossberg, MD, provides advice for your patients and their family that may help prevent or delay the onset of Alzheimer’s disease.
Feature
‘Aggressive’ new advance directive would let dementia patients refuse food
Critics say it’s a disturbing effort to allow withdrawal of basic sustenance from the most vulnerable in society.
Podcasts
Memory problems
Feature
Early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s could save U.S. trillions over time
Diagnosing 88% of Alzheimer’s patients in the mild cognitive impairment stage would save $7 trillion over U.S. citizens’ lifetime.
