older adults
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action units, Brain, cognition, dementia screening, digital biomarkers, facial expression, mild cognitive impairment, MoCA, Neurodegenerative Diseases, neuroscience, older adults, OpenFaceFacial Markers Differed in 31 Older Adults With MCI-Level MoCA Scores
A 2026 medRxiv preprint found that older adults with mild-cognitive-impairment-level MoCA-J scores…
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activities of daily living, caregiver burden, disability care, family caregivers, Nepal, older adults, perceived stress, Psychiatry, Psychology, StressCaregiver Burden Hit 65.3% in Older-Adult Disability Care in Nepal
A 430-caregiver study in Kathmandu found caregiving burden in 65.3% of family…
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90-day mortality, acute ischemic stroke, antiseizure medications, Brain, Drugs, epilepsy, levetiracetam, Medicare, neuroscience, older adults, post-stroke seizures, poststroke epilepsy, seizure prophylaxis, target trial emulationLevetiracetam After Stroke: 9 Fewer Deaths in Older Adults
A 2026 Medicare target-trial emulation found continued levetiracetam after acute ischemic stroke…
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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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bullying, depression, Editor Nina Higson-Sweeney, loneliness, older adults, Psychiatry Research, social connection, social inclusion, social isolation, social network, social prescribing, umbrella review, vulnerable people, youth mental healthCan stronger social connections really help reduce depression?
Depression is a common mental health problem that affects approximately 4% of…
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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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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…
