Topic: Journal Of The American Medical Association
Elderly people with hearing loss have a greater chance of developing dementia, a risk that increases as their deafness worsens, according to a new report said Tuesday.The research studied 639 individuals between the ages of 36 and 90 without dementia, who were ...
Older adults who survive severe sepsis are at increased risk for new physical limitations and problems with mental functioning, a new study indicates.. Researchers from the University of Michigan and colleagues analyzed data from 516 patients, average age 76.9, who survived severe ...
Seniors who experience delirium during hospitalization are at elevated risk for death, eventual institutionalization, and dementia, according to a meta-analysis published in the July 28 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.. Joost Witlox, of Medical Center Alkmaar in the ...
2/23/2010 Print E-mail Elderly people who have been hospitalized have an increased risk of cognitive decline.. That's the finding of U.S. researchers who analyzed data from 1994 through 2007 on 2,929 people, aged 65 and older, who did not have dementia at ...
Elderly adults who are hospitalized for an acute or critical illness are more likely to experience cognitive decline, and the risk of developing dementia is significantly higher after hospitalization for a non-critical illness, according to research published in the Feb. 24 issue ...
Bright light can be used to treat patients with dementia and has a modest positive effect on some cognitive and non-cognitive symptoms, but melatonin should be used only in combination with lights to counteract its negative impact on mood, according to a ...
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