Read about how Alzheimer's Society measured user experience to map out the needs of people affected by dementia, and create large-scale solutions ... This can mean that patients are often not taken ...

But a specific class of antidepressant medications -- selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) -- actually might speed up brain decline among some dementia patients ... 0.42 points per year in ...

Patients at Functional Assessment Stage 7, with an albumin level <35 g/L, pneumonia or enteral feeding were recruited. At baseline and regular intervals, the multidisciplinary homecare team used the ...

The Newcastle-Ottawa Quality Assessment Scale (NOS) was used to conduct the quality evaluation. Then, a meta-analysis was performed using Stata 15.1 software. Conclusion: COPD patients have a higher ...

Next, we outline the potential to link molecular aspects of neurodegeneration in AD with large-scale brain ... And if patients also have Parkinson's disease—do they then necessarily have so-called ...

The following is a summary of “Development and Validation of a Short Version (PAIC6) of the Pain Assessment in Impaired Cognition Scale,” published ... by a strong correlation with the Pain Assessment ...

Dementia rates were no higher in the TBI group than in the control population. Another large study (n=525) showed no increased AD pathology in patients who had suffered ... endpoints such as the ...

In a study of thousands of people with dementia, researchers found that treatment with antidepressants was linked to faster ...

Antidepressants worsened cognition in patients with dementia, according to a new study, but some experts strongly disagree ...

New research suggests that certain antidepressants could accelerate cognitive decline in dementia patients, though outside experts urge caution in interpreting the findings.

New study shows dementia patients who are on antidepressants, especially selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), ...

Researchers hope their findings help doctors prescribe antidepressants "that are better adapted for patients with dementia." ...