Why Health and Long-Term Care Systems Are Destined to Merge
An LSE economist argues that ageing populations and failing insurance markets make the merger of health and long-term care systems ...
Tag: dementia
Brain health shaped by society, not just personal choices, dementia study warns
New Curtin University research mapping 61 modifiable dementia risk factors finds prevention efforts overemphasize individual choices while neglecting the social ...
Four Key Risk Factors Drive Dementia Risk Among American Indians, Study Finds
An NIH-supported Boston University study of the Strong Heart Study cohort found that limited education, hypertension, social isolation, and depression ...
New Scale Captures the Hidden Role Dilemmas of Dementia Family Caregivers
Researchers at Xuzhou Medical University have developed and validated a 23-item Role Dilemma Scale that measures five distinct dimensions of ...
Dementia May Not Be a Brain Disease at All, NIH Scientists Argue
NIH researchers argue that dementia may be the late-life manifestation of a systemic failure of energy regulation rather than a ...
Crushing Pills in Nursing Homes: One in Three Manipulations May Be Unsafe
A national Italian study of 82 long-term care facilities found that nearly one in four solid oral medications is altered ...
AI Method Reads Tissue Fingerprints to Find Disease Hotspots Earlier
A new deep-learning method called VIMA converts tissue patches into numerical fingerprints and uses rigorous statistics to uncover disease-associated spatial ...
One in 100 US Adults Over 40 Reports a Dementia Diagnosis, National Survey Finds
A nationally representative US survey of more than 130,000 adults finds that 1.6 percent of people aged 40 to 85 ...
Weight-Loss Surgery Linked to Sharply Lower Dementia and Parkinson’s Risk
A large matched cohort study of US health records finds that bariatric surgery is associated with substantially lower incidence of ...
When Dementia Takes Away a Voice: How Palliative Care Helps Families Make Hospital Decisions
A qualitative study of eighteen family caregivers shows that palliative care consultations ease surrogate decision-making for hospitalized dementia patients, but ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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