PURPOSE: There is now a comprehensive body of evidence reporting the effects of emergency cesarean section on women's emotional well-being. How women respond to becoming in need of a medically necessary elective cesarean section, however, has not previously been reported. This article describes and...
medication errors and reduces the strain on health care resources. For instance, patients with early-stage cognitive impairment might struggle with complex medication regimens, leading to missed doses and hospitalization. This strategy can be managed through simplified medication plans and caregi...
Declining short-term memory is one of the most common signs of dementia. People who have ordinary forgetfulness are still able to remember facts that are associated with things they have forgotten. For instance, a person may forget their neighbor's name, but can tell that the person is their...
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have studied the incidence and regional distribution of Alzheimer's disease biomarkers in the brains of people with Down's syndrome. The results can bring new possibilities for earlier diagnosis and preventive treatment of dementia. The study is published ...
A pattern of early discharge rates across dementia severity levels was not demonstrated. The relative risk for early discharge was lower for individuals who needed assistance with medication and for those with unmet caregiver needs. Discussion:The findings of this study do not support the hypothesis ...
auditory scene. To understand the impact on thebrainthey assessedbrain functionand structure using sophisticated MRI brain scans. The team also looked to see if a prescribed medication formemory lossin Alzheimer's disease helped improve the understanding of speech that is 'degraded' or mixed with ...
“If somebody appears to have the beginnings of dementia and they are depressed, it’s very important to treat their depression, and to treat it as aggressively as possible.”Ask your GP about a referral for talking therapy such as CBT, or, if appropriate, antidepressant medication. Puckering...
21-23 These pathological brain changes often begin decades before dementia onset, suggesting that efforts to prevent and treat hypertension to reduce ADRD burden are needed before midlife.24 These efforts are especially important for racial and ethnic minority groups, such as older Asian, Black, ...
cognitive decline, which is referred to as “mild cognitive impairment due to AD” (herein referred to as MCI) when the clinicians consider the cognitive decline to be the result of the prodromal stage of AD (as opposed to other types of dementia, medication, depression, or other causes) [...
Once fully vetted, highly accurate blood tests could “change the game in the speed in which we can conduct Alzheimer’s trials and get to the next new medication,” she said. “These are absolutely transformational times.” How does a p-tau217 blood test work? The peptide p-tau217 ...