Dementia
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Familiar Touch review – Kathleen Chalfant is wonderful in subtle, sensual memory loss drama
Profoundly tender and yet untainted by the slightest trace of sentiment, this…
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The Guardian view on disability rights: the removal of legal safeguards brings risks | Editorial
The UK supreme court has ended a system of safeguards around the…
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People living with dementia are too often overlooked | Letters
Anne Karpf’s article is a powerful and timely reminder that people living…
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Alzheimer’s, Channel 4, Dementia, Health, Jon Snow, Media, Mental health, Society, Television industry, UK newsFormer Channel 4 News anchor Jon Snow diagnosed with Alzheimer’s
Explore more on these topics More on this story More on this…
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adverse events, antipsychotics, behavioral symptoms of dementia, BPSD, cardiovascular events, cerebrovascular events, Dementia, Drugs, individual participant data meta-analysis, Neurodegenerative Diseases, older adults, Psychiatry, risperidone, side effectsRisperidone in Dementia Raised Stroke-Related Events 4.11x by Week 4
A 2026 individual participant data meta-analysis of 1,721 dementia trial participants linked…
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AD/ADRD, Alzheimer’s disease, APOE-e4, Brain, cardiovascular risk, cognitive decline, Dementia, Drugs, Kaiser Permanente, LDL cholesterol, Neurodegenerative Diseases, observational bias, statins, target trial emulationStatins and Dementia Risk: No Long-Term Signal in 322,358 Patients
Statins do not look like a dementia-prevention drug, but they do not…
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AD8 screening, Chinese-speaking, cognition, cognitive screening, Dementia, dementia risk screening, immigrant health, language barriers, Mandarin, Neurodegenerative Diseases, older adults, pre-dementia, primary careAD8 Dementia Screening in Chinese-Speaking Older Adults
Brief screening tools for early dementia risk are essential in primary care.…
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ageing, Australia news, Dementia, Fitness, Health, Mental health, Older people, Psychiatry, Psychology, Science‘The happiest time of life is as you get older’: can positive thinking help you age better?
By most standards, Prof Velandai Srikanth is at the peak of his…
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agitation, antipsychotics, atypical antipsychotics, cardiovascular disease, CPRD, Dementia, Drugs, FDA black-box warning, matched cohort study, Neurodegenerative Diseases, older adults, Psychiatry, risperidone, side effects, strokeRisperidone Stroke Risk in Dementia: HR 1.28 Across CVD Subgroups
The risperidone-stroke link in dementia is one of the longest-running safety signals…
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Alzheimer’s disease, Anxiety, cognition, Dementia, depression, loneliness, meta-analysis, Neurodegenerative Diseases, older adults, social isolation, suicideHow Much Does Loneliness Raise Dementia and Suicide Risk?
Research Highlights Loneliness is associated with substantially elevated risk of both Alzheimer’s…
