Researchers from more than 2 dozen large-scale epidemiological studies have reported a link between type 2 diabetes mellitus and cognitive impairment, cognitive decline, and dementia … Read More
When discussing the concept of cognitive impairment, many terms are used, including dementia, amnestic disorder, cognitive impairment not dementia (CIND), cognitive impairment associated with normal aging, mild cognitive impairment, vascular cognitive impairment,… Read More
Positron emission tomography (PET) scans using F-18 florbetaben (18F-FDG) clearly distinguished patients with Alzheimer’s disease from those with... More »
When discussing the concept of cognitive impairment, many terms are used, including dementia, amnestic disorder, cognitive impairment not dementia... More »
The assessment and treatment of psychiatric symptoms in persons with cognitive dysfunction are becoming increasingly important. Prevalence estimates... More »
Box 1. References were identified through PubMed with the search terms: cerebral amyloid angiopathy; microbleed( s) or microh( a) emorrhage( s) and cerebral amyloid angiopathy; intracerebral h( a) emorrhage; and vascular ... 2 In a community based sample
Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism stands at the interface between basic and clinical neurovascular research, and features research on experimental, theoretical, and clinical aspects of brain circulation, metabolism and imaging. The journal is relevant to any physician or scientist with an interest in brain function, cerebrovascular disease, cerebral vascular regulation and brain metabolism, including neurologists, neurochemists, physiologists, pharmacologists, anesthesiologists, neuroradiologist
including debridement, limb external fixation, infection, vascular injury, peripheral nerve injury, tissue coverage, and internal and external bone fixation; and some specific chapters regarding injuries to the hand. ... Incident Dementia and
Archives of Neurology, a monthly professional medical journal published by the American Medical Association, publishes original, peer-reviewed scientific research on the nervous system
Background: Subcortical ischemic vasculardementia (SIVD) has been proposed as the most frequent subtype of vascular cognitive impairment. The aim of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Chinese (Cantonese) Montreal Cognitive Assessment (CC- MoCA) in patients with SIVD in the Guangdong Province of China. Methods: 71 SIVD patients and 60 matched controls were recruited for the CC-MoCA, Mini Mental State Examination and executive clock drawing tasks. Receiver-operating
frontotemporal dementia Alzheimer's disease dementia with Lewy bodies or vasculardementia at presentation. Cases with predominant primary progressive aphasia ...
from a number of studies indicate that the mortality rate for heart attacks, strokes, and other vascular diseases increases progressively from blood pressure levels as low as 115/75. ... The risk of dementia in the elderly also appears reduced by blood
Reviews the evidence for and against hundreds of preventive health services, recommending tests, and counseling interventions when evidence exists that it is effective.
'What They Should Really Teach in Medical School' Julie Schopps, MD , February 6, 2012 The North Carolina-based pediatrician weighs in on why she thinks the real learning doesn't take place until students are out of the classroom.
Improve EHR Systems by Rethinking Medical Billing Daniel Essin, MA, MD, February 6, 2012 Separating billing-related data from other clinical documentation and transmitting it to a billing system is not difficult …no matter how the charting is done.