Compared with those with all-cause hospital-based care and the general population, risk increased for those with cannabis use-based care

Authors say these factors can inform steps individuals can take to lower their risks for age-related brain diseases

Associations seen between less short wave sleep and rapid eye movement sleep with smaller inferior parietal region volumes

Review shows no evidence of long-term effects from music-based therapeutic interventions

Associations seen for sertraline, citalopram, escitalopram, and mirtazapine

Antimicrobials, vaccines, anti-inflammatories linked to reduced risk for Alzheimer disease and dementia; antipsychotics and diabetes drugs tied to higher risk

Number of U.S. adults who will develop dementia each year projected to increase from ~514,000 to 1 million; lifetime risk is 42 percent after 55 years of age

More than half of patients move to a nursing home within five years of diagnosis

Clinical practice guideline also presents recommendations for specialist care and primary care of patients with Alzheimer disease, dementia

Increase in odds of dementia diagnosis seen with age among those with ASD only and ASD plus intellectual disabilities