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In 56 Parkinson's patients in China, those with both anxiety and depression had lower serum VIP and higher IL-1 beta than those with neither. A one-time, single-center study.
Read articleIn 17,972 US adults followed for up to 22 years, starting to volunteer was linked to slower cognitive decline associated with the APOE e4 Alzheimer's gene variant, with the clearest link at …
Read articleAbout 7 in 1,000 Tsimane and Moseten adults aged 60+ developed dementia each year, and about 2% had it at any time. People with dementia died far sooner, which helps keep it rare.
Read articleIn a Spanish cohort of 3,085 adults aged 65 and older followed up to 23 years, depressive symptoms were linked to a 1.76-times higher risk of Alzheimer's-coded death, and 2.23 times in women…
Read articleIn 2 cohorts of adults over 60, having both insomnia and anxiety was linked to double the odds of cognitive impairment and a 54% higher rate of new dementia. Either condition alone was not.
Read articleIn interviews, 12 older Australians with dementia or mild cognitive impairment said they wanted early, clear and kind conversations with doctors about giving up driving, and those who had st…
Read articleIn 2,349 dementia-free older adults in China, the highest quarter of estimated body fat had about half the rate of Alzheimer's-type MCI over about 2 years. The link is observational and not …
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