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In 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 …
Read articleAmong people with knee osteoarthritis, fear of movement was linked to everyday capacity problems such as poor vision, low mood and memory trouble, and pain changed several of those links. Th…
Read articleOlder adults with rheumatoid arthritis who were more fatigued in the hospital had worse sleep and more trouble with daily activities a month after going home. Fatigue was the only one of 5 t…
Read articleOlder South Koreans with cognitive impairment had higher depression scores when their care came mainly from public caregivers or a mixed group of helpers rather than their adult children. A …
Read articleA 2026 community survey of 945 older adults in Nepal's Far-Western Sudurpaschim Province found geriatric depression in 43.9% of participants and a strong inverse link between depression scor…
Read articleDementia rates in the US, UK, Netherlands, Sweden, France, and several other high-income countries have been falling for decades, despite population aging. The standard explanation — improve…
Read articleA preprint in 84 older adults with epilepsy found that abnormal Alzheimer's-related blood biomarkers were common, but the biomarker categories did not line up neatly with cognitive impairmen…
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