Increased physical activity is a long-term protective factor for dementia
1. Physical activity was significantly associated with a decreased incidence of all-cause dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, irrespective of follow-up length, ...
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Wellness Check: Exercise
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Initiation of targeted disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs in patients with rheumatoid arthritis not associated with reduced risk of Alzheimer disease and related dementia
1. There were no differences in the risk of Alzheimer disease and related dementia in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated ...
Subcortical neurons associated with sleep disturbances in neurodegenerative disease
1. Greater number of neurons in the lateral hypothalamic area (LHA) and tuberomammillary nucleus (TMN) were correlated with decreased sleep ...
Examining associations between physical activity and the risk of disabling dementia in older adults
1. This large, prospective cohort study from Japan demonstrated an inverse association between the risk of disabling dementia and daily ...
Association between age at onset of multimorbidity and incidence of dementia:
1. Earlier onset and severity of multimorbidity, the presence of more than 2-3 chronic disease conditions, was strongly associated with ...
Risk of dementia may be increased following incident ischemic stroke: the ARIC study
1. The risk of developing dementia was increased for those who had suffered an ischemic stroke in a dose-dependent manner ...
Premorbid neurodegenerative disease associated with increased risk of poor outcomes associated with COVID-19
1. Premorbid neurodegenerative disease was linked to a significantly increased risk of COVID-19 infection and death. 2. Among patients with ...
The risk of dementia is associated with being greater at the extremes of systolic blood pressure in adults 75 or older
1. Systolic blood pressure (SBP) was in a U-shaped relationship with risk of dementia n the cohort aged >75 with ...
Cataract surgery is associated with lower risk of developing dementia in older adults
1. A cohort study of 3038 participants found that cataract extraction was associated with a significantly lower risk of developing ...