Geriatrics News

Elevated amyloid beta levels were associated with increasing anxious-depressive symptoms among older adults with normal cognitive health and may predict preclinical Alzheimer’s disease, according to study results.

Apathy and depressive symptoms were independently linked to incident dementia in community-dwelling older adults, and may be an early sign of dementia onset among this population, according to data published in Neurology.

Study results indicate that older adults with diabetes have a higher chance of cognitive impairment and a shorter life expectancy compared with those without.

Just 35% of older adults taking between one and five medications talked to someone about drug interactions in the past 2 years, according to findings recently released from the National Poll on Healthy Aging.

Age-related hearing loss was associated with an increased risk for dementia, cognitive impairment and cognitive decline, according to findings recently published in JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery. Further study is needed to establish the nature of this link and the role of hearing loss as a potential modifiable risk factor.

Just more than 6 million people in the United States are living with Alzheimer’s Disease or mild cognitive impairment and these totals are expected to climb to 15 million by 2060, according to a new forecast published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association.

Chronic hearing loss may be linked to cognitive decline and late-life depression, and these associations may be explained by behavioral factors and/or neuropathologic mechanisms, according to a review published in The American Journal of Psychiatry.

A new tool, QuoCo, showed diagnostic accuracy and validity in tracking cognitive performance in adults as indicated by Mini-Mental State Examination measurements, according to findings recently published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

Long-term selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor treatment was associated with significantly delayed progression from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer’s dementia.

Opioid use is not associated with an increased risk for Alzheimer’s disease, according to findings recently published in Pain Medicine.