Abstract
Objective: To investigate whether sex and race differences exist in dementia diagnosis risk associated with TBI among older Veterans.
Methods: Using Fine-Gray regression models, we investigated incident dementia diagnosis risk with TBI exposure by sex and race.
Dr. Barnes will serve as a co-investigator on an NIH Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant awarded to Together Senior Health to test the effects of Moving Together -- a telehealth version of her Preventing Loss of Independence through Exercise (PLIÉ) program for people living with memory…
Abstract
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is common among older adults as well as among veterans in the United States and can increase risk for dementia. We compared prevalence of TBI in older male veterans and civilians using a nationally representative sample.
Hearing impairment was linked to neuropathological hallmarks of dementia, an autopsy study suggested.
In older adults who were cognitively normal, impaired hearing was associated with tau neurofibrillary degeneration, reported Willa Brenowitz, PhD, MPH, of the University of California San…
“Stop and smell the roses” may actually be important when it comes to detecting your risk for dementia and getting early treatment for the condition, according to a new study.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 17, 2020) – More than 80 health, aging and advocacy groups and leaders today called for the United States to set a national prevention goal to ultimately reduce the number of people who develop Alzheimer’s and related dementias.
Key Points
Question What is the association of late-onset unprovoked seizures of unknown etiology with the risk of dementia?
Findings In this cohort study that included 292 262 US veterans 55 years and older, those with incident unprovoked seizures of unknown etiology were…