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Time for a Complete Reset in Alzheimer’s Disease / Dementia Drugs Research: Never Too Late? (BBC News / Brain / NHS Digital)

Posted on May 1, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A new type of dementia, previously misdiagnosed as Alzheimer’s Disease, has been discovered to be prevalent in the oldest of old persons. Perhaps a third of elderly people earlier thought to have Alzheimer’s Disease may have had Limbic-predominant age-related … Continue reading →

Posted in BBC News, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest | Tagged Amnestic MCI, Australia, Austria, Bazian, BBC Health News, Behind the Headlines, Brain (Journal), Central Clinical School Faculty of Medicine and Health (Sydney Australia), Clinical and Neurocognitive Features of LATE, Consensus Guidelines for LATE-NC Staging, Consensus Proposed LATE-NC TDP-43 Stages, Dementia-Related Misdiagnosis, Differential Diagnosis, Drug Trials, Drug Trials Failure Rate, Emory University (Atlanta), FTLD-TDP: Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration With TDP-43 Proteinopathy, Harvard University, Hippocampal Atrophy, Illinois Institute of Technology, Institute of Neurology: Medical University of Vienna, Japan, LATE Biomarkers, LATE Neuropathological Change (LATE-NC), LATE Working Group, Limbic-Predominant Age-Related TDP-43 Encephalopathy (LATE), Mayo Clinic (Jacksonville), Mayo Clinic: Rochester, Medical University of Vienna, Misdiagnosis, Misdiagnosis (Potential), Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neurodegenerative Disorders, Neuropathology, Neuropathology in FTLD-tau and FTLD-TDP, Newcastle University, NHS Digital (Formerly NHS Choices), Oldest Old, Oldest Old Age, Oldest People With Dementia, Prevalence of Dementia in Oldest Old, Public Health Impact of LATE, Recommendations for Routine Autopsy Evaluation and Classification of LATE-NC, Rush University Medical Center, Stanford University, Subtypes of Dementia, Sweden, TDP-43 Protein, TDP-43 Proteinopathy, Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital and Institute of Gerontology, United States, University of California, University of Cambridge, University of Kentucky, University of Minnesota, University of Pennsylvania, University of Southern California, University of Sydney Brain and Mind Centre, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, University of Washington, Uppsala University, USA | Leave a comment

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

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 →

Posted in BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, King's Fund, National, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Statistics, Universal Interest | Tagged Ageing Population, Ageing Research, Ageing Society, Austerity, Australia, Austria, Bazian, BBC Health News, BBC's Life Expectancy Calculator, Behind the Headlines, Belgium, Canada, Changing Trends in Mortality in England and Wales: 1990 to 2017, Changing Trends in Mortality: Cross-UK Comparison - 1981 to 2016 (ONS), Changing Trends in Mortality: International Comparisons, Critical Appraisals, Declines in Life Expectancy, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Health Equity in England: The Marmot Review 10 Years On, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities in England, Human Mortality Database, Human Mortality Database (HMD), Increasing Life Expectancy: Trends and Comparisons, International Comparisons, Italy, Japan, Leonard Davis School of Gerontology and Department of Sociology: University of Southern California, Life Expectancy, Life Expectancy by Neighbourhood, Life Expectancy Gaps, Life Expectancy of Poorest Women, Life Expectancy: Inequalities, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Marmot Review (2020): Ten Years On, Mortality Data from the Office for National Statistics, National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institutes of Health (US), Netherlands, Norway, Office for National Statistics (ONS), Office of Population Research and Department of Sociology: Princeton University, PHE Review of Recent Trends in Mortality in England, Poorest Women’s Life Expectancy, Portugal, Princeton University, Professor Martin McKee: European Public Health at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Public Health England (PHE), Robert Cuffe: BBC News Head of Statistics, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), Sir Steve Webb: Former Liberal Democrat Pensions Minister, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trends in Life Expectancy: International Comparisons, Trends in Longevity in England, Trends in Mortality in England, United Kingdom, United States, University of Southern California, US National Institutes of Health, USA | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Acute Hospitals, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Quick Insights, Universal Interest | Tagged Abnormal Prion Protein, Aβ Deposition in Grey Matter, Aβ in Blood Vessel Walls, Aβ Seeds, Aβ Seeds: Transmitted Iatrogenically with iCJD, Aβ-Containing Inoculates Induce Cerebral β-Amyloidosis, Alzheimer-Type Neuropathology in Iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease After Dural Grafting, Alzheimer’s Disease Contracted Via Brain Surgery, Alzheimer’s Disease Transmission (Hypothesis), Amyloid, Amyloid Beta Protein, Amyloid Proteins, Amyloid-β (Aβ), Amyloid-β Protein, Austria, Behind the Headlines, Brain Parenchymal Aβ Plaques, Cleaning and Decontamination, Congophilic Amyloid Angiopathy, Contaminated Surgical Instruments, Decontamination of Surgical Instruments, Dural Grafting, Human Transmission of Aβ, Human Transmission of Amyloid-β Pathology, Human-Derived Growth Hormones, Iatrogenic CJD, Iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, Iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease After Dural Grafting, Iatrogenic Routes of Prion Transmission Generalisable to Aβ (Hypothesis), Iatrogenic Routes of Prion Transmission Generalisable to Proteopathic Seeds of Neurodegenerative Disease (Hypothesis), Induction of Cerebral β-Amyloidosis: Intracerebral Versus Systemic Aβ Inoculation, Institute of Neurology: Medical University Vienna, Institute of Neuropathology: University Hospital Zurich, Medical University Vienna, Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neurodegenerative Disorders, Neuroepidemiology, Prion Diseases, Protein Seeds (Amyloid), Protein Seeds of Alzheimer’s Disease (Hypothesis), Proteopathic Seeds of Neurodegenerative Disease, Risk Factors and Preventive Interventions for Alzheimer Disease, Risk of Prion-Like Disease Transmission by Alzheimer- or Parkinson-Associated Protein Particles, Surgical Transmission of Prions, Swiss Medical Weekly, Switzerland, Transmissible Alzheimer's Disease (Theoretical Risk), Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy Agents: General Principles of Decontamination and Waste Disposal, University Hospital Zurich | Leave a comment

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 →

Global Atlas of Palliative Care (WHO)

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This World Health Organisation (WHO) report found that over 20 million people require palliative care at the end of life. The majority suffer from noncommunicable diseases. The report examines unmet needs internationally, and draws attention to the inequalities between … Continue reading →

Posted in End of Life Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, International, Pain, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, Universal Interest, World Health Organization (WHO) | Tagged Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association, Cicely Saunders Institute: Kings College London, Diseases Requiring Palliative Care (for Adults), EAPC Atlas of Palliative Care in Europe Task Force, ehospice, Evangelical Lutheran Church: Tanzania, France, Germany, Harvard Medical School Center for Palliative Care, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hospice Casa Sperantei: Romania, Human Rights Watch: USA, Iceland, International Observatory for End of Life Care: England, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kings College London, Low- and Middle-Income Countries, Neighborhood Network in Palliative Care: India, Norway, Pain and Policies Study Group: USA, Pain Prevalence, Palliative Care, Poland, Programa Argentino de Medicina Paliativa Fundación, Romania, Singapore, St. Giles Hospice, Sweden, Switzerland, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, University of Glasgow, WHO Essential Medicines List, WHO Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases 2013–2020, WHO Global TB Program, World Hospice and Palliative Care Day, Worldwide Palliative Care Alliance, Worldwide Palliative Care Alliance (WPCA) | Leave a comment

Problem Gambling Briefing (LGA / PHE / BBC News / Various)

Posted on October 15, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary International evidence indicates that the increasing availability of gambling opportunities is associated with an increase in problem gambling. This briefing from the Local Government Association (LGA) and Public Health England (PHE) offers advice for local government on reducing the problems … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, International, Mental Health, National, Parkinson's Disease, Practical Advice, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK | Tagged Alzheimer's Disease Research Unit: Douglas Hospital, Austria, Brain Reward System, British Gambling Prevalence Survey (BGPS), Canada, Clinical Commissioning Groups, Community-Based Interventions, Compulsive Buying, Compulsive Gambling, Consumer Neuroscience, Consumer Vulnerability, Councillors, Department of Elderly Medicine: Wythenshawe Hospital, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry: Linz General Hospital, Department of Neurology: Innsbruck Medical University, Disordered Gambling, Douglas Hospital (Canada), Endorphin Rush, Euphoria (Addictive Behaviour), European College of Neuropsychopharmacology Conference in Berlin (2014), Frontotemporal Dementia, Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD), Gambling Addiction, Gambling Disorders, Gambling Disorders in Dementia, Gambling Disorders in Parkinson’s Disease, Gambling Risk Continuum, Harms from Problem Gambling, Huntington’s Disease, Imperial College London, Impetuosity, Impulsive-Compulsive Disorders, Impulsivity, Innsbruck Medical University, LGA: Local Government Association, Lie/Bet Questionnaire, Lie/Bet Screening Tool, Linz General Hospital (Austria), Local Government Association: LGA, Local Government Interventions, Lundbeck Foundation (Denmark), McGill Centre for Studies in Aging: Douglas Hospital, Natural Opioid System in Brain, Neuromarketing, Neuropsychiatric Complications in Parkinson's Disease, Nottingham Trent University, Pathological Gamblers, Pathological Gambling, PHE: Public Health England, Prevalence of Problem Gambling, Problem Gamblers, Problem Gambling, Problem Gambling Institute of Ontario, Problem Gambling Severity Index, Public Health, Public Health England (PHE), REM Sleep Behaviour Disorder, Reward Centre, The Brain Prize (Lundbeck Foundation), Wythenshawe Hospital (Manchester) | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Austria

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

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)

Global Atlas of Palliative Care (WHO)

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