Cognitive Decline/Dementia

Certain cardiovascular risk factors in midlife were associated with accelerated cognitive decline, according to a study published in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month is commemorated each June to improve knowledge of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, the burden of which could increase 178% by 2060 in the United States, according to CDC estimates.

Widowhood may accelerate cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease clinical progression, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

Cognitive performance declined over the two decades following first hospitalization for patients with psychotic disorders, according to study results published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Clinicians may be able to distinguish between memory loss caused by traumatic brain injury, or TBI, vs. Alzheimer’s disease by using tailored MRI scans, according to study results published in Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease.

The treatment of high BP may slow down the advancement of cognitive decline, according to research presented at the American Heart Association’s Hypertension Scientific Sessions.

Haloperidol and second-generation antipsychotics should not be routinely used to prevent or treat delirium in hospitalized patients based on evidence evaluated in two systematic reviews published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.