AT THE AAGP ANNUAL MEETING
NEW ORLEANS – Suicidal thoughts and actions are not rare among the elderly, and seem to have diverse drivers, including ... More »
A $100 million study may decide the financial fate of amyloid PET imaging and thus potentially the frequency with which it is used to help rule out Al... More »
NEW ORLEANS – The combination of memantine and a cholinesterase inhibitor improved behavioral symptoms in patients with moderate-severe Alzheimer’... More »
Certain immune cells that normally protect the brain abnormally consume the nutrient arginine in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients, suggests a study... More »
NEW ORLEANS – Elderly dementia patients who take antipsychotics are significantly less likely to have guideline-concordant metabolic checkups than a... More »
NEW ORLEANS–An individualized, step-by-step plan is the best way to treat psychiatric and behavioral problems that might arise in patients with deme... More »
Baseline levels of visinin-like protein 1 in the cerebrospinal fluid were significant predictors of whole brain and regional brain atrophy, based on d... More »
NEW ORLEANS – A test of smell identification seems to predict cognitive decline in elderly patients who score normally on memory tests.
Each 1-poin... More »
NEW ORLEANS – Both problem-solving and lifestyle interventions significantly reduced the incidence of major depression among black and white communi... More »
A substantial number of nursing home residents undergo lower-extremity revascularization each year, but very few of them gain any function and approxi... More »