Search results for "Dementia"
An app for delirium
In the study, the app was used with 527 general medicine inpatients (mean age, 80 years; 35% with pre-existing dementia) by 399 clinicians for two days each.
May 2022
Dementia
An exercise training program improved physical fitness but did not slow cognitive impairment in people with mild to moderate dementia, a randomized controlled trial found. ... Moderate to high intensity aerobic and strength exercise cannot be recommended
May 2018
Dementia
There is no proven intervention for preventing late-life dementia, according to four systematic reviews examining trials of various interventions. ... help prevent dementia in patients who did not have it when the studies were done.
December 2017
Warning on an antipsychotic; generic rosuvastatin approval
symptoms. As with other atypical antipsychotics, the medication contains a boxed warning about the increased risk of death associated with the use of these drugs to treat older people with
June 2016
Physicians step up as initiatives change nursing home care
There are health care guidelines that really don't fit the dementia population. ... DuBeau said. “It has to start way back, before dementia care is necessary.
May 2015
Mental health
A change from the term “mental retardation” to “intellectual disability.” A new “risk syndromes” category to identify earlier stages of mental disorders, including dementia.
February 2010
Diabetes
This substudy of the ACCORD trial included 2,977 patients with type 2 diabetes, a hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) of at least 7.5%, and no evidence of cognitive impairment or dementia
February 2014
New warnings added on multiple diabetes drugs
with dementia-related psychosis.
November 2015
Geriatric medicine
daily living, dementia, delirium risk, short midarm circumference, and malnutrition.
May 2014
Highlights
According to moderate-quality evidence, statins did not appear to increase incidence of dementia or mild cognitive impairment or change global cognitive scores, executive function, declarative memory, processing speed or visuoperception.
November 2013