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Tag Archives: Cholesterol Reduction
Lower Than Expected Take-Up of NHS Health Check (BBC News / NHS England)
Summary Persons aged between 40 and 74 are eligible for a free NHS Health Check, with a view to early identification and / or prevention of hypertension, type 2 diabetes, chronic kidney disease etc. In practice, statistics show that roughly 7.15 … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged A-B-C Conditions: Atrial Fibrillation High Blood Pressure and High Cholesterol, Ageing Population, Alistair Burns: NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Dementia, Alistair Burns: NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Older People’s Mental Health, Atrial Fibrillation High Blood Pressure and High Cholesterol (A-B-C) Conditions, Behavioural Risk Factors, Behavioural Risk Factors and Dementia, Blood Pressure Testing Outside of General Practice, Cardiovascular Disease (CVD), Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Cardiovascular Risk Factors (CVRF), Cardiovascular System Disorders, Champs Public Health Collaborative, Champs Public Health Collaborative: Cheshire and Merseyside, Cheshire and Merseyside Pharmacy Local Professional Network, Cholesterol Reduction, CVD Prevention System Leadership Forum (CVDSLF), CVD Return on Investment Tool (PHE), CVDSLF: National CVD Prevention System Leadership Forum, Dementia Screening, Diabetes, Diabetes Prevention, Dr Keith Ridge: Chief Pharmaceutical Officer, Duncan Selbie: Chief Executive of Public Health England, Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH), Health Matters: Preventing Cardiovascular Disease (PHE), Healthy Living Pharmacies (HLPs), Healthy Living Pharmacies in Lancashire, Heart Age, Heart Age Test, Heart Age Tool (HAT), Heart Attack or Stroke, High Blood Pressure Quality Improvement in Cheshire and Merseyside, High CVD Risk, High Street Heart Checks (Pharmacies), Identification of Familial Hypercholesterolaemia (FH) in Primary Care, Juliet Bouverie: Chief Executive of Stroke Association, Lambeth and Southwark, Lambeth and Southwark Clinical Commissioning Groups, Lambeth Clinical Commissioning Group, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Mass Screening, Matt Hancock: Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Medway Clinical Commissioning Group, Midlife Obesity, Modifiable Risk Factors, Mortality Risk Factors, National CVD Prevention System Leadership Forum, NHS England’s RightCare CVD Prevention Pathway, NHS Health Check, NHS Health Check Programme, NHS Health Checks, NHS Health Checks in England: Lower Than Expected Take-Up, NHS Health Checks Programme, NHS OneYou, Obesity, Obesity and Diabetes, Obesity Risk Factor, One You Campaign (PHE), Pharmacies Offer High Street Heart Checks, Pharmacist-Led Virtual Clinics to Optimise Anticoagulation in AF, PHE: Public Health England, PHE’s CVD Primary Care Intelligence Packs, PHE’s CVD Return on Investment Tool, Preventing Cardiovascular Disease: Health Matters (PHE), Prevention, Prevention & Early Diagnosis, Prevention Agenda, Prevention and Control of NCDs, Prevention Better Than Cure: NHS Health Checks, Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD), Professor Jamie Waterall: Chair of CVD Prevention Forum, Professor Jamie Waterall: National Lead for Cardiovascular Disease at Public Health England, Professor Stephen Powis: NHS England's National Medical Director, Public Health, Public Health England (PHE), Raised Cholesterol, Reducing Health Inequalities, Referrals to Behavioural Support, Renal and Urologic Disorders, Risk Factors, Screening, Screening for Undiagnosed Cardiovascular Disease, Simon Gillespie: Chief Executive of British Heart Foundation, Virtual Clinics to Improve Blood Pressure in Poorly Controlled Patients
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Dementia Risk Associated With Loneliness / Absence of Close Relationships in Later Life (BBC News / Journals of Gerontology / Aging and Mental Health)
Summary Loneliness is increasingly mentioned in research as a potentially modifiable risk factor for dementia. Research based on data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing indicates that marriage and / or having close friends may help to protect individuals … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, International, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Active Lifestyle, Ageing Population, Ageing Well, Aging and Mental Health (Journal), Auditory Impairment, BBC Health News, Behavioural Risk Factors, Blood Pressure, Brazil, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Cholesterol Levels, Cholesterol Reduction, Close Friendships, Close Relationships, Cognitive Impairment (Potential Risk and Protective Factors), Cognitive Impairment (Potential Risk Factors), Contact With Family and Friends, Dementia and Diabetes, Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, Dementia Risk Factors, Dementia Risk Reduction and Prevention, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health (University College London), Department of Medicine: Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina, Department of Public Health: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Diet and Dementia, Digital Divide, ELSA: English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA), Environmental and Lifestyle Factors, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Exercise, Healthy Behaviours, Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy Living, Hearing, Hearing Loss and Cognition, Hearing Loss and Cognitive Decline, Hearing Loss and Cognitive Impairment, Hearing Loss and Dementia, Hearing Loss in Adulthood, Hearing Loss: Risk of Dementia, Hypertension, Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly (IQCODE), Institute of Mental Health: University of Nottingham, Internet and Social Media Usage, Internet Usage and the Digital Divide, Internet Use, Inverse Association Between Marriage and Dementia Risk, Journals of Gerontology. Series B, Journals of Gerontology. Series B - Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, Life-Long Learning, Lifestyle Factors, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Loneliness, Loneliness and Dementia, Loneliness and Isolation, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Loughborough University, Marital Status, Measures of Social Isolation, Mid-Life Health and Well-Being, Midlife Hypertension, Midlife Obesity, Modifiable Risk Factors, Neuroprotective Lifestyles, Obesity Risk, Obesity Risk Factor, Overlapping Risk Factors, Participation in Organisations, Participation in Social Activities, Physical Activity and Health Benefits, Physical Activity Before Dementia, Physical Exercise, Physical Exercise Programmes, Physical Inactivity, Potentially Modifiable Socio-Environmental Risk Factors for Dementia, Preclinical Dementia and Associated Lifestyle Changes, Preclinical Phase of Dementia, Prevention, Professor Martin Orrell, Quantitative Secondary Analysis of English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) Data, School of Sport Exercise and Health Sciences: Loughborough University, Social Activities, Social Epidemiology, Social Interaction, Social Isolation, Social Isolation and Loneliness, Social Participation, Socio-Environmental Risk Factors for Dementia, Tobacco, Tobacco Consumption, Type 2 Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM), Unhealthy Lifestyles, Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina (Brazil), Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (Brazil), University College London, University of Nottingham, Unmarried People
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Statins for the Treatment of Vascular Dementia or Alzheimer’s Disease (Cochrane Database)
Summary This Cochrane systematic review assesses the clinical efficacy and safety of statins for the treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease and vascular dementia. No studies exist yet assessing role of statins in treatment of vascular dementia. Analysis of four studies concerning … Continue reading
Posted in For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights
Tagged ADAS-Cog: Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment Scale - Cognitive Subscale, ALOIS: the Cochrane Dementia and Cognitive Improvement Group, Alzheimer’s Disease Cooperative Study - Activities of Daily Living (ADCS-ADL), Alzheimer’s Disease Functional Assessment and Change Scale (ADFACS), Atorvastatin, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Centre for Public Health: Queen's University Belfast, Cholesterol Reduction, Clinical Global Impression of Change (CGIC), Cochrane Database, Cochrane Dementia and Cognitive Improvement Group (CDCIG), Craigavon Area Hospital, Department of Geriatric Medicine: Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Fluvastatin, Hypercholesterolaemia, Kingshill Research Centre: Victoria Hospital (Swindon), Lovastatin, Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI), Pravastatin, Queen's University Belfast, Rosuvastatin, Simvastatin, Statin Therapy, Statins, Statins for the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease, Statins for the Treatment of Vascular Dementia, University of Oxford, Use of Statins, VaD: Vascular Dementia, Vascular Dementia
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