Overall, 79 percent of Americans would want to know if they had Alzheimer disease before experiencing symptoms or before symptoms interfere
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