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More on International Comparisons in Life Expectancy: The Impact of Austerity? (BBC News / ONS / BMJ / NHS Choices)

Posted on August 13, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Increases in life expectancy in the UK may be slowing down; possibly at the fastest rate among the top twenty leading world economies. This slowdown effect was most apparent in women, where the rate of rising life expectancy fell … Continue reading →

Dementia With Lewy Bodies and Parkinson’s Disease Dementia: Compared and Contrasted (BMC Medicine)

Posted on March 12, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The authors of this review consider whether Dementia With Lewy Bodies (DLB) and Parkinson’s Disease Dementia (PDD) are actually two distinct conditions, as the official “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders” 5th Edition (DSM–5) would suggest, or whether … Continue reading →

Posted in Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Quick Insights, Universal Interest | Tagged Aβ Deposition in DLB, Atypical Parkinsonism (AP), Austria, BMC Medicine, Corticobasal Syndrome (CBS), Dementia With Lewy Bodies (DLB), Department of Laboratory Medicine Nijmegen: Radboud University Medical Center, Department of Neurology: Radboud University Medical Center, Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine: Radboud University Medical Center, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5th Edition (DSM–5), Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fifth Edition (DSM-V), Differential Diagnosis, DLB, DLB: Dementia with Lewy Bodies, Donders Institute for Brain Cognition and Behaviour: Radboud University Medical Center, DSM-5, Early Diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease and DLB, Fourth Consensus Report of DLB Consortium, Institute of Clinical Neurobiology (Alberichgasse Vienna), Israel, Multiple System Atrophy (MSA), Netherlands, Parkinson's Disease Diagnostic Observations (PADDO) Study, Parkinson’s Dementia, Parkinson’s Disease Dementia (PDD), Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP), Radboud University Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine: Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv University, Underlying Mechanisms of DLB Pathogenesis, Vascular Parkinsonism (VP) | Leave a comment

Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Week 2017 (BBC News / Nature Biotechnology / Parkinson’s UK)

Posted on April 12, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Researchers hope one day to be able to replace the damaged dopamine-producing neurons at the root-cause of by Parkinson’s Disease by injecting new replacement brain cells, possibly derived from re-programmed astrocytes. Full Text Link Reference Brain cell therapy ‘promising’ … Continue reading →

Posted in Animal Studies, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, In the News, International, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Ageing Population, Astrocytes, Austria, Awareness and Campaigns, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Campaigns, Awareness Raising, BBC Health News, Biomedical Research Institute of Malaga (IBIMA), Cell Replacement Therapy for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Center for Brain Research: Medical University of Vienna, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics: Karolinska Institutet, Department of Molecular Neurosciences: Medical University of Vienna, Department of Neuroscience: Karolinska Institutet, Department of Pharmacology: Malaga University, Dopamine, Dopamine Neuron Degeneration, Faculty of Medicine: Malaga University, Induced Dopamine Neurons (iDANs), Induced Neurons (iNs), Induced Pluripotent Stem (iPS) Cells, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Karolinska Institutet, Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology: Karolinska Institutet, Malaga University, Medical University of Vienna, Midbrain Dopamine Neurons (mDAs), Nature Biotechnology (Journal), Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neurodegenerative Disorders, Parkinson's Awareness Month, Parkinson's Awareness Week, Parkinson’s Awareness Week (2017), Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Week (2017), Parkinson’s UK, Parkinson’s UK (Parkinsons Disease Society), Professor David Dexter: Parkinson's UK, Spain Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine: Stanford University, Stanford University, Substantia Nigra, Sweden, United States, USA, World Parkinson’s Day | Leave a comment

Trends in Life Expectancy: International Comparisons (BBC / Lancet)

Posted on February 23, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Researchers at Imperial College London and the World Health Organization (WHO) have analysed lifespan projections in 35 industrialised countries, partly with a view to informing the debate(s) regarding future challenges for pensions and elderly health and social care. They … Continue reading →

Posted in BBC News, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, International, National, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Ageing Population, Ageing Research, Ageing Society, Australia, Austria, Bayesian Models, BBC Health News, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics: Imperial College London, Department of Information Evidence and Research: World Health Organization, Department of Mathematics Physics and Electrical Engineering: Northumbria University, Female Life Expectancy, Finland, France, Future Life Expectancy in Industrialised Countries, Germany, Greece, Health Inequalities, Healthy Life Expectancy, Hungary, Imperial College London, Inequalities in Life Expectancy, Inequality in Healthy Life Expectancy, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation: University of Washington, International Comparisons, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Lancet, Life Expectancy, Life Expectancy Gaps, Life Expectancy in the European Union, Life Expectancy of Older People, Life Expectancy Projections, Macedonia, Male Life Expectancy, Mexico, MRC-PHE Centre for Environment and Health: Imperial College London, Netherlands, New Zealand, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumbria University, Norway, Office for National Statistics (ONS), Poland, Portugal, Professor Sir Michael Marmot, Reducing Health Inequalities, Romania, School of Public Health: Imperial College London, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trends in Life Expectancy at Older Ages, UK Medical Research Council, United States, University of Washington, US Environmental Protection Agency, USA, WHO Collaborating Centre on NCD Surveillance and Epidemiology: Imperial College London, World Health Organization (Geneva), World Health Organization (WHO) | Leave a comment

World Alzheimer’s Day and World Alzheimer’s Month 2016 (Alzheimer’s Disease International)

Posted on September 18, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Information is available from Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) concerning World Alzheimer’s Month (September); and World Alzheimer’s Day 2016, on September 21st 2016. The theme for this year’s World Alzheimer’s Month campaign is “Remember Me”. World Alzheimer’s Month is a … Continue reading →

Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI), Charitable Bodies, In the News, International, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Scotland, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged 20000 Reasons Campaign (Alzheimer's Society: Northern Ireland), 45000 Reasons Campaign (Alzheimer's Society: Wales), Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Awareness, Awareness Campaigns, Awareness Raising, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Carey Mulligan, Carey Mulligan: UK Global Dementia Friends Ambassador, Cayman Islands, Chile, China, Chinese Taipei, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Dementia Awareness Campaigns, Dementia Awareness Raising, Dementia Friends, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Global Outlook, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong SAR, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Macau (SAR China), Macau SAR, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, PR China, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Serbia, Singapore, Sint Maarten, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, St Kitts and Nevis, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, TADA Chinese Taipei, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela, World Alzheimer's Month 2016 (Remember Me), World Alzheimer’s Day 2016, World Alzheimer’s Month 2016, Zimbabwe | Leave a comment

Alzheimer’s Disease Contractable Via Brain Surgery? (NHS Choices / Swiss Medical Weekly)

Posted on February 22, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Further evidence points to a theoretical risk of Alzheimer’s Disease being potentially transmissible during surgical procedures, in the manner of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). Full Text Link Reference New clues that Alzheimer’s may have been spread during surgery. London: NHS … Continue reading →

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Quality of Death Index: UK End-Of-Life Care Second To None? (BBC News / EIU / NHS England / CQC / National Palliative and End of Life Care Partnership)

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A comparative study of palliative care across 80 countries by the Economist Intelligence Unit has declared that end-of-life care in the UK can be ranked the best in the world. The UK was ranked first due to comprehensive national … Continue reading →

Tag Archives: Austria

More on International Comparisons in Life Expectancy: The Impact of Austerity? (BBC News / ONS / BMJ / NHS Choices)

Dementia With Lewy Bodies and Parkinson’s Disease Dementia: Compared and Contrasted (BMC Medicine)

Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Week 2017 (BBC News / Nature Biotechnology / Parkinson’s UK)

World Alzheimer’s Day and World Alzheimer’s Month 2016 (Alzheimer’s Disease International)

Alzheimer’s Disease Contractable Via Brain Surgery? (NHS Choices / Swiss Medical Weekly)

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