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Tag Archives: BMJ Open
Optometric and Ophthalmological Tests for Visual Symptoms of Posterior Cortical Atrophy (BMJ Open)
Summary Research by the College of Optometrists on Posterior Cortical Atrophy (PCA) has investigated the suitability of certain vision assessment tests to help differentiate between cortical and optical / ocular causes of visual impairment. An awareness of PCA helps to … Continue reading
Posted in Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Quick Insights, UK
Tagged Acalculia, Agraphia, Balint’s Syndrome, BMJ Open, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, College of Optometrists, Dementia Research Centre: University College London, Department of Research: College of Optometrists, Fragmented Images or Letters, Fragmented Letters Test, Gerstmann’s Syndrome, Identification of Cortical Perceptual Problems, Institute of Neurology: University College London, Neurodegeneration, Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Oculomotor Apraxia, Optometric and Ophthalmological Tests for Posterior Cortical Atrophy, Posterior Cortical Atrophy, Posterior Cortical Atrophy (PCA), Progressive Visual Dysfunction, Queen Square Screening Test for Cognitive Deficits (The Green Book), Queen Square Screening Test for Visual Deficits, Queen Square Screening Test for Visual Deficits (The Blue Book), Rare Dementia Support (London), Rare Dementia Support PCA Support Group, Rare Dementias, Reduced Effective Field of Vision, Simultanagnosia, Snellen Letter Chart, UCL PCA Support Group, University College London (UCL), University College London’s Queen Square Neurology Centre, Vision Assessment Tests, Visual Dysfunction in Posterior Cortical Atrophy, Visual Symptoms of Posterior Cortical Atrophy
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More on the Likely Association Between Air Pollution and Increased Risk of Dementia? (BMJ Open / NHS Choices / BBC News / PHE)
Summary Further evidence has emerged, from London, on the possible link between long-term exposure to air pollution and the likelihood of developing dementia. Full Text Link Reference Air pollution linked to dementia risk. London: NHS Choices; Behind the Headlines, September … Continue reading
Posted in Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Public Health England, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Air Pollution, Air Pollution and Public Health, Air Pollution and Risk of Dementia, Air Pollution in the UK, Air Pollution: a Tool to Estimate Healthcare Costs (PHE), Air Quality, Airborne Particulate Matter, Bazian, BBC Health News, Behind the Headlines, BMJ Open, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD), Cognitive Impairment (Potential Risk Factors), Combustion-Derived Nanoparticles, Committee on Medical Effects of Air Pollutants (COMEAP), Costs to NHS and Social Care From Air Pollution (PHE), Current and Emerging Health Protection Issues: Health Profile for England - 2018 (PHE), Dementia Risk Factors, Department for Environment, Department of Health, Economic and Social Research Council, Emerging Health Protection Issues, Environmental Risk Factors, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Estimation of Costs to NHS and Social Care Due to Health Impacts of Air Pollution (PHE), Evidence for Risk Factors of Dementia, Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter, Food and Rural Affairs, Health Profile for England - 2018: Current and Emerging Health Protection Issues, Imperial College, Incidence of Dementia in Greater London, Kings College London, London, Medical Research Council, Microsimulation, Modifiable Risk Factors, MRC-PHE Centre for Environment and Health: Imperial College, MRC-PHE Centre for Environment and Health: King's College London, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Near-Traffic Pollutants, Neurodegeneration, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neurodegenerative Disorders, NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Health Impact of Environmental Hazards: King's College London, Nitrogen Dioxide, Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2), Noise Pollution, PHE: Public Health England, Population Health Research Institute (St George's): University of London, Potentially Modifiable Socio-Environmental Risk Factors for Dementia, Public Health England (PHE), Risk Factors, Traffic Proximity Measures, UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD), UK Health Forum (UKHF) / Imperial College (School of Public Health and Business School) Microsimulation Model, UK Natural Environment Research Council, UK Small Area Health Statistics Unit: Imperial College, University of London, Urban Background Pollutants, Vehicular Pollution
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Investigations Into the Early Signs, Symptoms and Family Experiences of Alzheimer’s Disease (BMJ Open / International Psychogeriatrics)
Summary A literature review analyses the sequence / timing of the early signs and symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease. The authors distinguish between the early signs of late-onset Alzheimer’s Disease (LOAD) and those of early-onset Alzheimer’s Disease (EOAD). Full Text Link … Continue reading
Posted in Community Care, Depression, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), International, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Aberrant Motor Behaviour, Acalculia, Agitation, Alexia, Anomia, Anosognosia, Anxiety, Apathy, Australia, BMJ Open, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, Box Hill Hospital (Victoria), Cognitive Impairment, Conversion to Dementia From Prodromal Disease, Disinhibition, Early Detection of Preclinical Disease, Early Signs and Symptoms of Alzheimer's Disease, Early-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease (EOAD), Early-Onset Dementia, Eastern Cognitive Disorders Clinic: Box Hill Hospital, Experiences, Experiences of the Transition to Dementia, Family and Caregiver Experiences, Family Members' Experiences of Pre-Diagnostic Phase of Dementia, Hallucination, Initial Onset and Diagnosis, Institute for Health Research: University of Bedfordshire, International Psychogeriatrics, Irritability, Late Onset Dementia, Late-Onset Alzheimer's Disease, Late-Onset Alzheimer's Disease (LOAD), Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences: University of Melbourne, Neuroscience Department: Box Hill Hospital, Olfactory Disturbances, Patient and Carer Experiences, Patient Experiences, Pre-Diagnostic Phase of Dementia, Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease, Preclinical Indicators in Alzheimer's Disease, Preclinical Phase of Dementia, Prodromal Alzheimer's Disease, School of Life Sciences: University of Hull, Signs and Symptoms of Alzheimer's Disease, University of Bedfordshire, University of Hull, University of Melbourne, Weight Loss, Young Onset Dementia (YOD), Young-Onset Dementia
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Clinical Anxiety as a Dementia Risk Factor? (BMJ Open)
Summary There are some indications that anxiety in midlife is associated with an increased risk of dementia, even after allowing for any anxiety which might have been expected to arise as a result of prodromal cognitive decline / pre-clinical dementia. … Continue reading
Posted in For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Mental Health, Quick Insights, Statistics, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders, Anxiety Disorders and Dementia, Anxiety: Potential Dementia Risk Factor, Benzodiazepines, Benzodiazepines and Dementia, BMJ Open, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, Clinical Anxiety: Possible Dementia Risk Factor, Dementia Risk Factors, Diseases and Medical Conditions Associated With Increased Risk of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Division of Psychiatry: University College London, Faculty of Medicine: University of Southampton, MCI: Mild Cognitive Impairment, Midlife Anxiety, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Newcastle-Ottawa Scale, Overlapping Risk Factors, Personality (Risk Factor), Psychosocial Protective and Risk Factors, Risk Factors, Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Diseease, Systematic Review, University College London, University of Southampton
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