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Amyloid deposition may be aggravated in small-vessel disease

Posted on: 12/05/2014 - 21:00

Cerebral vascular damage from small-vessel disease appears to aggravate the deposition of amyloid, particularly in patients carrying the apolipoprotein E e4 genotype, according to a report published...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

MCI confers increased risk of death

Posted on: 23/04/2014 - 21:00

Patients with mild cognitive impairment were 80% more likely to die over a 6-year period than cognitively normal patients. The risks were significantly elevated for both patients with amnestic and...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Pulsatile tinnitus looms large in fibromuscular dysplasia

Posted on: 18/04/2014 - 20:30

WASHINGTON – Think cerebrovascular fibromuscular dysplasia in a middle-aged woman who presents with a complaint of pulsatile tinnitus. That’s the take-home message from a new analysis of the <link...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Memory-disorder care program costs little but saves much

Posted on: 15/04/2014 - 20:00

WASHINGTON – A collaborative care program that supports both Alzheimer’s patients and caregivers saved an Indiana health care system more than $1 million during its initial yearlong test period. The...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Sacral nerve stimulation reduced irritable bowel symptoms

Posted on: 04/04/2014 - 20:20

Permanent sacral nerve stimulation looked promising in a prospective, randomized controlled study to reduce symptoms in a select group of 21 adults with diarrhea-predominant or mixed irritable bowel...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Simple smell test may predict donepezil response

Posted on: 28/03/2014 - 13:15

ORLANDO – Predicting whether add-on donepezil will improve residual cognitive deficits in an elderly patient on adequate antidepressant therapy may be as plain as the nose on the patient’s face....

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

ECT quells dementia-associated agitation

Posted on: 27/03/2014 - 13:10

ORLANDO – Electroconvulsive therapy was safe and effective for treatment of refractory agitation in patients with dementia, including those with multiple medical comorbidities, in the largest case...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Half of stroke survivors returned to driving

Posted on: 25/03/2014 - 15:40

SAN DIEGO – Only 6% of 162 stroke survivors underwent a formal driving evaluation, but 51% returned to driving within a year,

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Plasma biomarker panel predicts amnestic MCI or Alzheimer’s

Posted on: 10/03/2014 - 15:00

Researchers have identified a panel of 10 lipid metabolites that can predict the development of either amnestic mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer’s disease within 2-3 years with 90% sensitivity...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

AAN issues nonvalvular atrial fibrillation stroke prevention guideline

Posted on: 24/02/2014 - 21:25

A new evidence-based guideline on how to identify and treat patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation to prevent cardioembolic stroke from the American Academy of Neurology suggests when to...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Amyloid deposition may be aggravated in small-vessel disease

MCI confers increased risk of death

Pulsatile tinnitus looms large in fibromuscular dysplasia

Memory-disorder care program costs little but saves much

Sacral nerve stimulation reduced irritable bowel symptoms

Simple smell test may predict donepezil response

ECT quells dementia-associated agitation

Half of stroke survivors returned to driving

Plasma biomarker panel predicts amnestic MCI or Alzheimer’s

AAN issues nonvalvular atrial fibrillation stroke prevention guideline

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