Cognitive Impairment

Children with mildly elevated thyroid-stimulating hormone levels at birth have normal thyroid function in mid-childhood and have neurocognitive abilities similar to their sibling controls, study data show.

Healio and Cardiology Today have curated a list of the top news in CV health in the elderly.

Administering the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, or MoCA, via telehealth poses challenges, one of the tool’s developers told Healio Primary Care.

In observance of May being American Stroke Month, Healio and Cardiology Today have compiled a list of top recent updates in stroke research.

The presence of type 2 diabetes was a significant risk factor for cognitive impairment following stroke, but investigators identified no association between prediabetes and cognitive function after stroke.

Patients taking antihypertensive medications had lower risk for incident dementia or cognitive impairment compared with control groups, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis published in JAMA.

A series of review articles found limited or inconsistent data supporting the accuracy of biomarkers and cognitive tests for diagnosing and differentiating Alzheimer’s disease, as well as drug treatments that minimally impacted functional decline.

Adults with traumatic spinal cord injuries exhibited increased incidence of psychological morbidities and multimorbidity compared with those without these injuries, according to results of a longitudinal cohort study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

Older patients with chronic autoimmune rheumatic diseases — rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus and systemic sclerosis — who have sustained disease activity or organ damage should be evaluated for cognitive deficits, according to a review published in Arthritis Research & Therapy.

Cognitive impairment among geriatric orthopedic patients admitted to rehabilitation may be associated with discharge destination, functional outcomes and length of stay, according to published results.