... could play a major role in reducing the number of dementia patients and those with other commonly associated illnesses such as Alzheimer ... further concluded that being underweight also increases the risk of dementia and its subtypes. The studies cited in the meta-analysis ...
... a risk. People who are underweight also have an elevated risk of dementia, unlike people who are normal weight or overweight ... , including 2,534 with various forms of dementia. Subjects were aged between 40 and 80 years ...
... care for older people in the final stages of dementia, according to an international review published in the May issue of Journal ... care to individuals suffering from end-stage dementia and clearly identified some of the barriers to extending such provision ...
... and are commonly used to treat the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia,” the authors write as background information in the article ... . “Relative to community-dwelling older adults with dementia who did not receive a prescription for antipsychotic drugs ...
Older adults with dementia who receive short-term courses of antipsychotic medications are more likely to be hospitalized or die than those who do not take the drugs, according to a new article.
... persons was associated with modest improvement in symptoms of dementia, and the addition of the use of melatonin resulted in improved sleep ... in the absence of their synchronizing effects. In elderly patients with dementia, synchronization may be [diminished] if light exposure and melatonin ...
Researchers who put brighter lights into nursing homes have found that residents with dementia appear to suffer fewer symptoms.
The use of antipsychotic drugs to tamp down the agitation, combative behavior and outbursts of dementia patients has soared.
... when they were about 11 years old and later developed dementia. This group was compared to one set of control participants ... scores when they were children than the people who did not develop dementia. This difference was not true for those with Alzheimer's disease. "These results ...
... are more likely decades later to develop vascular dementia than children with high IQs, according to research published ...
... may increase the risk of memory loss and lead to dementia later in life, researchers reported in Arteriosclerosis ... . The precise mechanism linking HDL cholesterol to dementia remains unclear. "But it is possible that HDL cholesterol ...
EASINGTON, England, July 14 (UPI) -- A British dementia patient's progress using an infrared device in an experimental helmet could be "hugely significant," the device's developer says.
... function assessment may more effectively assess the risk of dementia in highly educated older adults, according to a report ... on the MMSE are at increased risk of cognitive dysfunction and dementia and should be referred for a comprehensive evaluation, including ...
... now, research on the link between cardiovascular disease and dementia has focused more on cerebrovascular disease than CHD. However ... . "Our core hypothesis is that the identification of the risk factors for dementia needs to focus on the determinants of cognitive ageing ...
... . However, a number of studies have suggested that the prevalence of dementia in the developing world is between a quarter and a fifth of that typically ... The Lancet suggests that this figure has been underestimated and that levels of dementia in the developing world may be much closer to those in the developed ...
