Phone Calls Spot Early Alzheimer's Predictive model identified vocal features of dementia patients from everyday speech Jul 16, 2021
Trouble Falling Asleep Predicts Later Cognitive Impairment Depression and vascular disease may play roles Jun 11, 2021
Cognitive Clock Predicts Brain Health Brain age forecasts outcomes better than chronological age Jun 01, 2021
Toxic Cardiology Culture Pervasive Worldwide, ACC Survey Finds No group was immune to hostile work conditions, but women and young doctors got the worst of it May 10, 2021
Blood Thinners Continue at End of Life, Despite Risks No clear guideline for stopping anticoagulants in patients with advanced dementia May 10, 2021
Dissolving Film Quells Agitation in Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder Improvements seen in 30 minutes or less with investigational oral agent May 03, 2021
Four Sentenced in Mental Health Center Scam Heads of a Houston healthcare chain will go to prison for kickbacks, mental healthcare fraud Apr 28, 2021
Diabetes, Dementia, and Age: What's the Link? Age of diabetes onset, as well as cardiovascular comorbidities, play large role in dementia risk Apr 27, 2021
In Depression, the Apple Doesn't Fall Far From the Tree Study shows kids have increased depression risk with family history Apr 21, 2021
Blood-Based Markers Tied to Brain Cell and Memory Loss Another step closer to clinical utility for tracking neurodegeneration Apr 16, 2021
CaMKII Inhibitor Disappoints in Post-MI Cardioprotection First agent of its kind to test the waters in heart disease Apr 14, 2021
New ADHD Drug OK'd; Pimavanserin Rejected for Dementia Psychosis News and commentary from the psychiatry world Apr 07, 2021
Dementia Diagnoses Lag in Ethnic and Racial Groups Asian, Hispanic, Black people diagnosed at later stages than white people Mar 29, 2021
Middle-Age Loneliness Linked to Alzheimer's Disease Relationship varied, depending on whether loneliness persisted Mar 25, 2021
Bacon and Dementia Risk; Zinc Fingers and Tau; Older Adults Light Up News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Mar 23, 2021
High Prevalence of Early-Onset Dementia in Schizophrenia Patients More than a quarter had a dementia diagnosis by age 66 Mar 10, 2021
New ADHD Stimulant OK'd; Anticonvulsant for Depression? News and commentary from the psychiatry world Mar 10, 2021
Dementia Patients Often Have Dangerous Mix of Drugs at Home Combinations increase risk of falls, respiratory suppression, cognitive impairment Mar 09, 2021
Sleep-Dementia Link; Neanderthal Mini-Brains; MS Tx and COVID Vax News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Feb 16, 2021
Dementia Tied to Large Perivascular Spaces Enlarged spaces around cerebral small blood vessels linked to cognitive decline over time Jan 27, 2021
High Cognitive Performance at Age 100 Some centenarians show resilience to cognitive decline, despite brain pathology Jan 15, 2021
Primary Progressive Aphasia in Alzheimer's Doesn't Foretell Memory Loss No memory decline over more than 2 years in small study, though speech deficits grew Jan 13, 2021
Language Predicts Alzheimer's Onset AI model uses linguistic dysfunction to spot future dementia Oct 26, 2020
Soy Metabolite Tied to Dementia Risk Factor Equol production linked to lower white matter lesion levels Oct 22, 2020
More Evidence for Cognitive Benefits With Metformin in T2D Prospective study followed more than 1,000 older patients for 6 years Sep 23, 2020
Baseball Hall of Famer Dies of Lewy Body Dementia and COVID-19 Understanding Tom Seaver's disease Sep 16, 2020
Trial: Drug Induces, Maintains Dementia-Related Psychosis Remission Results pave way for Nuplazid label expansion Sep 14, 2020
Ethics Consult: Keep Patient on Feeding Tube After Dementia Dx? MD/JD Weighs In You voted, now see the results and an expert's response Sep 11, 2020
Dementia Deaths Vastly Undercounted, Study Suggests And as a result, healthcare resources may need realignment Aug 24, 2020
Dementia Patients Often Get Psychotropic Drugs, Opioids Community use of these drugs "has been a real blind spot" Aug 18, 2020
Hearing Loss Tied to Dementia Pathology Tau tangles seen in cognitively normal adults with hearing impairment Aug 07, 2020
ARB Slows Cognitive Decline in Trial... But How? Consequence of lowered blood pressure, or perhaps a direct effect -- or just a fluke Aug 06, 2020
Lifestyle, Policy Changes Could Make Big Dent in Dementia Burden Report identifies 12 modifiable risk factors Jul 30, 2020
Alzheimer's Blood Test Shows Same Accuracy as Imaging Markers p-tau217 may be "a real game changer" Jul 28, 2020
Infections Tied to Increased Mortality in Dementia Patients Death rates higher even 10 years later, Danish study shows Jul 27, 2020
Flu, Pneumonia Vaccines Tied to Lower Alzheimer's Risk Older adults vaccinated against pneumonia have nearly 40% less Alzheimer's risk later in life Jul 27, 2020
Dementia Tied to Olfaction; Preclinical Alzheimer's Trial; Guillain-Barré and COVID-19 News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Jul 21, 2020
HDL Protein Linked to Lower Dementia Risk Findings extend associations from cardiovascular disease to dementia Jul 14, 2020
Does Delirium Cause Long-Term Cognitive Decline? Analysis has "great implications in the COVID era" Jul 13, 2020
Alzheimer's May Develop Differently in Women Brain changes appear years earlier in women than in men, imaging shows Jun 24, 2020
