Dementia
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06/02/2023
In this video, Gillian T. Coughlan, MS, PhD discussed her team's study results, which found that female sex, early-age menopause, and hormone therapy use beginning more than 5 years after menopause were...
06/02/2023
05/25/2023
Early adulthood hypertension or increased blood pressure is associated with negative brain changes later in life including lower regional brain volumes and worse white matter integrity, factors that are...
05/25/2023
05/25/2023
In this video, Craig Chepke, MD, DFAPA, and Kevin Williams, MS, MPAS, PA-C provide the take-home messages from their session “Agitation in Alzheimer’s Dementia: Progress for an Age-Old Problem” at our...
05/25/2023
Interactive Features
05/03/2023
Increasing age is a risk factor for Alzheimer dementia (AD), and as the US population grows older and lives longer, new and existing cases of AD are projected to rise as well. How many older Americans are...
05/03/2023
04/16/2023
Your patient is a 56-year-old woman with a family history of dementia. She asks you if her coffee intake would increase her risk of being diagnosed with dementia in the future.
04/16/2023
02/21/2023
Your patient is a 46-year-old woman with a family history of dementia and obesity. Based on her family history, she asks you if there is a way to reduce her risk of developing dementia, and a way to stay...
02/21/2023
01/20/2020
Many patients with Alzheimer disease may become confused, anxious, aggressive, agitated, or restless consistently in the late afternoon or early evening. Do you know when this symptom, known as sundowning,...
01/20/2020
01/14/2019
New CDC estimates project that the US Alzheimer disease burden will double by what year?
01/14/2019
Clinical Insights
06/02/2023
In this video, Gillian T. Coughlan, MS, PhD discussed her team's study results, which found that female sex, early-age menopause, and hormone therapy use beginning more than 5 years after menopause were...
06/02/2023
05/25/2023
Early adulthood hypertension or increased blood pressure is associated with negative brain changes later in life including lower regional brain volumes and worse white matter integrity, factors that are...
05/25/2023
05/25/2023
In this video, Craig Chepke, MD, DFAPA, and Kevin Williams, MS, MPAS, PA-C provide the take-home messages from their session “Agitation in Alzheimer’s Dementia: Progress for an Age-Old Problem” at our...
05/25/2023
05/24/2023
In this video, Craig Chepke, MD, DFAPA, and Kevin Williams, MS, MPAS, PA-C provide a preview of their session, "Agitation in Alzheimer’s Dementia: Progress for an Age-Old Problem ” at our Practical Updates...
05/24/2023
05/19/2022
In this podcast, Thomas Holland, MD, from Rush University, answers our questions about his team's latest research on the effect of flavonols on the risk for Alzheimer dementia, as well as his other research...
05/19/2022