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Most Diagnosed With Dementia Do Not Receive Specialty Care
Identification of etiological subtype of dementia more likely in patients who see a specialist.
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Neurology Information Center
Body mass index and dementia risk: Is there a connection?
Higher BMI is associated with increased dementia risk when weight was measured more than 20 years before dementia diagnosis, but this association is reversed when BMI was assessed less than 10 years before dementia diagnosis.
HIV/AIDS Information Center
Dementia More Common in Adults With HIV
Over 16 years, adults older than 50 years with HIV have almost twice the risk for developing dementia vs those without HIV.
Neurology Information Center
Proton pump inhibitors linked with increased dementia risk
Both prescription and OTC proton pump inhibitors have been linked to an increased risk for development of dementia.
Ob/Gyn Information Center
Preeclampsia Tied to Increased Risk for Vascular Dementia
Preeclampsia seems to be associated with an increased risk for dementia, especially vascular dementia, with a stronger correlation for late-onset disease.
Neurology Information Center
Age, Sex, APOE Genotype Identify Alzheimer’s, Dementia Risk
Three factors help identify absolute 10-year risk of Alzheimer's disease, all dementia for different groups.
Geriatrics Information Center
Unraveling the Causes of Dementia
GAPNA reviews studies on the links between dementia and cardiometabolic multimorbidity, atrial cardiopathy, and cardiovascular disease in midlife.
Evidence-Based Medicine
Risk of Alzheimer dementia after androgen deprivation therapy
A recent cohort study evaluated the risk of developing Alzheimer dementia after ADT in 16,888 men with prostate cancer, 14.2% of whom were treated with ADT.
Neurology Information Center
Dementia, Alzheimer Disease Risk Increased With Lower Branched-Chain Amino Acid Levels
Lower BCAA levels may be associated with an increased risk of incident dementia.
Neurology Information Center
Alcohol use disorders are major risk factor for dementia
Alcohol use disorders are the strongest modifiable risk factors for onset of all types of dementia, especially early-onset dementia.
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