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Tag Archives: Cardiovascular Risk
Blood Pressure in Early Middle Age Linked to Vascular Dementia Risk (BBC News / Lancet Neurology)
Summary Epidemiological research indicates that high blood pressure in early mid-life (i.e. people in their 30s and 40s) is associated with blood vessel damage, brain shrinkage and vascular dementia risk in later life. Full Text Link Reference High blood pressure … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer’s Research UK, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Hypertension, In the News, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged 1946 Medical Research Council National Survey of Health and Development (NSHD; Ages 2–64 Years), Academic Neuroradiological Unit: University College London, Association of Cardiovascular Risk Factors With White Matter Hyperintensities in Young Adults, Avid Radiopharmaceuticals, BBC Health News, Blood Pressure and Risk of Vascular Dementia, Blood Pressure in Early Middle Age, Blood Pressure: Risk Factor for Vascular Dementia, Brain Research UK, Cardiovascular Fitness, Cardiovascular Risk, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Cardiovascular Risk Factors (CVRF), Cerebral Small Vessel Disease, Dementia Prevention, Dementia Research Centre: University College London, Dementia Risk Factors, Dementia Risk Reduction and Prevention, Dementias Platform UK, Department of Brain Repair and Rehabilitation: University College London Queen Square Institute of Neurology, Department of Medical Statistics: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Diastolic Blood Pressure (DBP), Early Midlife Hypertension and Risk of Cognitive Impairment, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Florbetapir Amyloid-PET Imaging, Insight 46 (Medical Research Council National Survey of Health and Development), Institute of Nuclear Medicine: University College London Hospitals, Kings College London, Lancet Neurology, Leonard Wolfson Experimental Neurology Centre: University College London, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine: University of London, Medical Research Council, Medical Research Council National Survey of Health and Development (Insight 46), Medical Research Council Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing: University College London, Midlife Hypertension, Modifiable Risk Factors, Preclinical Alzheimer Cognitive Composite (PACC), Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Prevention Approaches, Prevention Programmes, Risk Factors, School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences: King's College London, Systolic Blood Pressure, Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP), T1 and FLAIR Volumetric MRI, University College London, University College London Hospitals (UCLH), University College London Queen Square Institute of Neurology: University College London, University of London, vascular Cognitive Impairment Arising From Cerebrovascular Disease, Vascular Dementia, Wellcome Trust, Weston Brain Institute, White Matter Hyperintensities, White Matter Hyperintensity Volume, White Matter Hyperintensity Volume (WMHV), Wolfson Foundation
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Blood Pressure: a Risk Factor for Vascular Dementia (Alzheimer’s Society / Stroke / BHF)
Summary Researchers at the George Institute for Global Health, following 4.28 million individuals, have shown a statistical association indicating that high blood pressure in middle age significantly increases the risk of developing vascular dementia (the second most common form of … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Hypertension, In the News, International, Quick Insights, Statistics, Stroke, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Australia; Department of Epidemiology: Johns Hopkins University, Blood Pressure and Risk of Vascular Dementia, Blood Pressure: Risk Factor for Vascular Dementia, British Heart Foundation (BHF), Cardiovascular Fitness, Cardiovascular Risk, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Cardiovascular Risk Factors (CVRF), Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD), Dementia Risk Factors, Diagnosis of Vascular Dementia, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine: University of Oxford, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, George Institute for Global Health (Australia), George Institute for Global Health: University of Oxford, Hypertension, Hypertension: Risk Factor for Vascular Dementia, Johns Hopkins University, Midlife Hypertension, Modifiable Risk Factors, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences: University of Oxford, Oxford Vascular Study, Primary Care Registry and a Cohort Study of Transient Ischemic Attack and Stroke, Radcliffe Department of Medicine: University of Oxford, Risk Factors, Stroke (Journal), Stroke Prevention Research Unit: University of Oxford, Stroke: a Journal of Cerebral Circulation, UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD), United Kingdom Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD), University of Oxford, University of Sydney, VaD: Vascular Dementia, Vascular Dementia, Vascular Dementia: Prevention
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Rates of Dementia Diagnoses Lower Than Predicted (BBC News / Nature Communications)
Summary The predicted explosion of dementia cases, often referred to as the “dementia time-bomb”, could be less severe than previously thought, in men at least. Based on latest data from Cambridgeshire, Nottingham and Newcastle, there could be 40,000 fewer cases … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), NIHR, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Palm Grip Strength Measured Using a Jamar Dynamometer (BBC News / Lancet)
Summary Palm grip strength may offer a simple and inexpensive test to predict the risks of having a heart attack or stroke (or of premature mortality), according to a large international trial involving roughly 140,000 people across 14 countries. Grip … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Quick Insights
Tagged Aga Khan University (Karachi), Argentina, Bangladesh, BBC Health News, Brazil, Canada, Cardiovascular Disease, Cardiovascular Fitness, Cardiovascular Risk, Cardiovascular Risk Factors (CVRF), Chile, China, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Colombia, CVD: Cardiovascular Disease, Dante Pazzanese Institute of Cardiology: São Paulo University, Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology: Simon Fraser University, Department of Community Health Sciences and Medicine: Aga Khan University, Department of Internal Medicine: Istanbul Medeniyet University, Department of Social Medicine: Medical University of Wrocław, Dubai, Dubai Health Authority, ECLA Foundation: Instituto Cardiovascular de Rosario, Fortis Escorts Hospital (Jaipur), Fundacion Oftalmologica de Santander and Medical School: Universidad de Santander, Fuwai Hospital, Grip Strength, Hamilton Health Sciences (Canada), Independent University (Dhaka), India, Instituto Cardiovascular de Rosario, Iran, Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Center: Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Institute: Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Jamar Dynamometer, Lancet, Madras Diabetes Research Foundation (Chennai), Malaysia, McMaster University, Medical University of Wrocław, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases: Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases: Peking Union Medical College, Pakistan, Palm Grip Strength, Peking Union Medical College, Poland, Population Health Research Institute: McMaster University, Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) Study, Sahlgrenska Academy: University of Gothenburg, São Paulo University, School of Public Health: University of the Western Cape, Simon Fraser University (Burnaby), South Africa, St. John's Medical College (Bangalore), St. John's Research Institute (Bangalore), State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease: Fuwai Hospital, Sweden, Turkey, UCSI University (Kuala Kumpur), United Arab Emirates, Universidad de La Frontera, Universidad de Santander, Universiti Teknologi MARA (Malaysia), University of Gothenburg, University of the Western Cape (Cape Town), University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe
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