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VIDEO: In patients with dementia, ask about guns at home

Posted on: 17/07/2014 - 18:55

COPENHAGEN – A new study revealing the presence of firearms in the homes of more than 12% of community-dwelling dementia patients in the Midwest highlights a difficult situation for physicians...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Investigative eye amyloid test shines a light on Alzheimer’s pathology

Posted on: 16/07/2014 - 17:45

COPENHAGEN – When it comes to beta-amyloid plaques, the eyes may be more than a poetic window to the soul – they also may be mirrors of pathology developing in the brain. It turns out that the eye,...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Don’t brush off subjective memory decline

Posted on: 16/07/2014 - 16:10

COPENHAGEN – Researchers are paying more attention to subjective cognitive decline – a patient’s perceived notion of memory loss – even if the patients complete various cognitive tests with flying...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

VIDEO: New genetic research could identify Alzheimer’s therapy targets

Posted on: 16/07/2014 - 15:40

COPENHAGEN – The National Institutes of Health recently awarded $24 million to eight academic centers to analyze the human genome and identify genes that either increase the risk of Alzheimer’s...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Children’s psychiatric disorders linked with moms’ fertility problems

Posted on: 15/07/2014 - 19:50

MUNICH – Children born to mothers who required fertility treatment had a significantly higher rate of psychiatric disorders, compared with children born to mothers without fertility problems, based...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Cerebral microbleeds’ depth may reveal dementia type

Posted on: 14/07/2014 - 22:05

COPENHAGEN – The location of cerebral microbleeds appears to be strongly associated with dementia subtypes, perhaps reflecting the disorders’ underlying pathologies. "This regional association...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Aspirin’s benefits may be blunted in African American women

Posted on: 14/07/2014 - 20:50

CHICAGO – Postmenopausal African American women with subclinical atherosclerosis appear to be more resistant to the anti-inflammatory effects of daily aspirin than their white counterparts. In a...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Lasers – The scar treatment tools you already have

Posted on: 11/07/2014 - 15:55

DANA POINT, CALIF. – When you think of lasers, do you consider them as the standard of care for treatment of a range of scars, from dog bites to burns? If not, Dr. Jill Waibel, director of the Miami...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Stems cells may offer more equipoise in traumatic scar treatment

Posted on: 11/07/2014 - 14:40

DANA POINT, CALIF. – It’s possible that burn victims and others with traumatic scarring will no longer need to have skin grafted from one part of their body, thus adding new scars, to mend the deeper...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Statin use linked to memory decline in elderly

Posted on: 10/07/2014 - 19:45

CHICAGO – More liberal lipid targets in elderly patients and lower statin doses might offset the risk of memory decline associated with statin use in these patients, <link...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

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