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Mashup Score: 13Screening and Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias - 19 hour(s) ago
Alzheimer’s disease affects an estimated 7 million persons aged ≥65 years in the United States. Without changes in prevention or treatment, this number could reach nearly 14 million by 2060. In the first session of the Navigating Brain Health and Dementia series, the AMA’s Immediate Past Chair Sandra Fryhofer, MD, Alzheimer’s Association CEO Joanne Pike, and a panel of experts will explore the epidemiology of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias and discuss strategies physicians can use to screen for and diagnose dementia. Our experts will answer questions during the live session about how to put this information into practice. Panelists include Barak Gaster, MD, University of Washington and Rachel Whitmer, PhD, University of California, Davis.This is a live event that will occur on the date and time indicated above. Click the “Register Now” button above to proceed with event registration. If you cannot attend the live event, an on-demand recording will be available.
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Mashup Score: 2Screening and Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s and Related Dementias - 2 day(s) ago
Alzheimer’s disease affects an estimated 7 million persons aged ≥65 years in the United States. Without changes in prevention or treatment, this number could reach nearly 14 million by 2060. In the first session of the Navigating Brain Health and Dementia series, the AMA’s Immediate Past Chair Sandra Fryhofer, MD, Alzheimer’s Association CEO Joanne Pike, and a panel of experts will explore the epidemiology of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias and discuss strategies physicians can use to screen for and diagnose dementia. Our experts will answer questions during the live session about how to put this information into practice. Panelists include Barak Gaster, MD, University of Washington and Rachel Whitmer, PhD, University of California, Davis.This is a live event that will occur on the date and time indicated above. Click the “Register Now” button above to proceed with event registration. If you cannot attend the live event, an on-demand recording will be available.
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Mashup Score: 3
Agitation, reactive behaviors remained steady while quetiapine prescribing was reduced
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Mashup Score: 8Global consortium to study Pick's disease, rare form of early-onset dementia - Mayo Clinic News Network - 8 day(s) ago
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Pick’s disease, a neurodegenerative disease of unknown genetic origin, is a rare type of frontotemporal dementia that […]
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Mashup Score: 12Occupations that are cognitively stimulating may be protective against later-life dementia - 12 day(s) ago
People with a history of cognitively stimulating occupations during their 30s, 40s, 50s, and 60s had a lower risk of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia after age 70, according to a new study …
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Mashup Score: 11
Antipsychotic use in people with dementia is associated with elevated risks of a wide range of serious adverse outcomes including stroke, blood clots, heart attack, heart failure, fracture, pneumonia, …
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Mashup Score: 0Delirium Linked to a Threefold Increased Risk for Dementia - 16 day(s) ago
The association, which increased with subsequent episodes of delirium, was strongest in men.
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Mashup Score: 49
Stimulation, learning, fun—these are activities that are known to delay the progression of dementia—and the children bring them in spades.
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Mashup Score: 13
App-based cognitive tests found to be proficient at detecting frontotemporal dementia in those most at risk
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Mashup Score: 12
App-based cognitive tests found to be proficient at detecting frontotemporal dementia in those most at risk
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Alzheimer’s affects 7M+ people aged ≥65 in the US. Without intervention, this could double by 2060. Join AMA’s Past Chair, CEO of @alzassociation, and a panel of experts to understand best practices for #dementia screening & diagnosis. https://t.co/FDfXyPIuQ9 https://t.co/jtZY4rvemI