Geriatrics
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Benzodiazepines, hypnotics don’t increase Alzheimer’s pathology
LOS ANGELES – The drugs were not associated with Alzheimer’s pathology, but were associated with a trend toward greater loss of neurons in the...
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Transdermal estradiol may modulate the relationship between sleep, cognition
LOS ANGELES – Women using the patch fared better in all measures than did those taking oral conjugated equine estrogen.
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Gum bacteria and Alzheimer’s: A hypothesis inches forward
LOS ANGELES – Results from a small trial saw neutralizing P. gingivalis associated with biomarker changes; a larger trial is planned.
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Hypertension, white matter hyperintensities, and dementia: What’s the link?
LOS ANGELES – Findings from a French cohort suggest that a vascular pathway, independent of amyloid, bears on cognitive decline.
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Alzheimer’s disease raises risk for recurrent seizures
LOS ANGELES – In one cohort study, nearly 70% of Alzheimer’s disease patients who had one seizure had another within months, and seizures were...
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Misguided fear is keeping benzodiazepines from elderly
SAN FRANCISCO – Benzos are “wonderful” for geriatric anxiety and anxiety-related insomnia, said Dr. Carl Salzman of Harvard Medical School.
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Anticholinergic drugs linked to dementia in older populations
“Associations were stronger in [dementia] cases diagnosed before the age of 80 years,” the researchers noted.
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A/T/N system predicts cognitive decline
A test of the new A/T/N research model of dementia predicted rates of cognitive decline within its subgroups over a period of nearly 5 years.
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Modest cognitive changes deemed inherent in ‘normal’ aging
CRYSTAL CITY, VA. – “If you want to improve your memory, grow your hippocampus,” Dr. Philip D. Harvey advises.
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Cognitive decline sped up after CHD
The acceleration in cognitive decline persisted for years after incident CHD.
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LTC-associated suicide among older adults more common than previously thought
Deaths while living in LTC were more likely among women, which the investigators noted is to be expected because LTC residents are...