Social isolation may be a modifiable risk factor for preventing Alzheimer disease-related dementias, authors say
Vision impairment and living with a spouse predict falls in persons with dementia
Risk found to be similar across racial, ethnic groups of older adults in the United States
Authors say findings support public health action to improve hearing aid access
Significant additive APOE ε4 interactions seen with PTSD and TBI in veterans of European ancestry
Magnitude of association for finasteride and dutasteride with dementia decreased over time and became nonsignificant
Risk varies by type of distress, but significant relationships seen for exhaustion and stress
Risk for death, unplanned hospital admission significantly lower for those taking AChEIs only or taking AChEIs and memantine
Furthermore, use of devices linked to 3 percent improvement in cognitive test scores in the short term
SCD associated with increased rates of incident dementia over time in multiracial population, Latinx, non-Latinx Black individuals