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Tag Archives: Dementia Risk Prevention
Updates Relating to the Lancet Commission on Dementia Prevention, Intervention, and Care (Lancet / Alzheimer’s Research and Therapy / Alzheimer’s and Dementia)
Summary The Lancet Commission on Dementia Prevention, Intervention, and Care has updated evidence on modifiable risk factors the prevention of dementia, and the “life-course model of dementia prevention”. There were nine modifiable risk factors for reducing the risk of dementia … Continue reading →
Posted in Commissioning, Depression, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Nutrition, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Statistics, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest
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Football and Dementia Risk: Mortality From Neurodegenerative Disease Higher in Former Professional Soccer Players (BBC News / Drake Foundation / NEJM / Bazian)
Summary The Football’s InfluencE on Lifelong health and Dementia risk (FIELD) study, based at Glasgow University and supported by The Football Association and The Professional Footballers’ Association, found that former Scottish professional football players tend to be over 3.5 times more … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, National, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Parkinson's Disease, Quick Insights, Scotland, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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More on the The Lancet Commission on Dementia Prevention, Intervention, and Care (Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine / Lancet)
Summary The Lancet Commission on Dementia Prevention, Intervention, and Care has produced recommendations for the prevention of dementia, proposing a “life-course model of dementia prevention” incorporating nine modifiable risk factors for reducing the risk of dementia. The commission also offers recommendations about the pharmacological, … Continue reading →
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WHO Guidelines on Dementia Prevention (BBC News / WHO)
Summary The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued guidelines on the prevention of cognitive decline and dementia. This follows earlier related guidance and consensus statements from other bodies, nationally and internationally, which recommend the adoption of healthy lifestyles for healthier … Continue reading →
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Summary of Recent Progress in Alzheimer’s Disease Prevention Trials (CTAD / JPAD)
Summary The following article summarises a round-up of present understanding and developments reflected in current and planned prevention trials, as discussed at a EU / US / Clinical Trials in Alzheimer’s Disease (CTAD) Task Force meeting, as of December 2016-7. … Continue reading →
Posted in For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Quick Insights
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Tagged Accelerating Alzheimer's Research and Drug Development, Alzheimer's Disease Co-operative Study - Activities of Daily Living Scale (ADCS-ADL), Alzheimer’s Disease Prevention Trials, Alzheimer’s Prevention Initiative (API), Alzheimer’s Prevention Initiative Study, Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute (ATRI), Amsterdam IADL Questionnaire, Amyloid and Tau Imaging, Amyloid and Tau PET, Anti-Amyloid Treatment in Asymptomatic Alzheimer’s (A4) Study, Banner Alzheimer's Institute (Arizona), Biological Markers, Biomarkers, Biomarkers Predicting Cognitive Decline and Alzheimer's Disease, Blood Proteins as Biomarkers of Disease Research, Blood-Based Biomarkers, Blood-Based Biomarkers of Pre-Symptomatic Alzheimer’s Disease, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Canada, CHU Toulouse (France), Cognitive Function Instrument, Cognitive Outcome Measures, Cogstate iPad C3 Battery, Collaboration for Alzheimer’s Prevention (CAP), Composite Measures (sic Cognitive Composites), Conversion to Dementia From Prodromal Disease, Dementia Prevention, Dementia Research and Drug Development, Dementia Risk Prevention, Dementia Risk Reduction and Prevention, Denali Therapeutics (South San Francisco), Department of Epidemiology and Public Health: CHU Toulouse, DIAN-TU Study, DIAN-TU Trial, Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network Trials Unit (DIAN-TU), Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer’s Network Trials Unit (DIAN-TU), Drug Development for Alzheimer's Disease, Drug-Development Pipeline, EU/US/Clinical Trials in Alzheimer's Disease (CTAD) Task Force, EU/US/Clinical Trials in Alzheimer's Disease (CTAD) Task Force (December 2016 Meeting), European Medicines Agency, Everyday Cognition (E-Cog) Scale, F-31073 (Toulouse), F. Hoffmann-LaRoche Ltd (Basel), France, Free and Cued Selective Reminding Test (FCSRT), Functional Activities Questionnaire (FAQ), Gerontopole Toulouse: Toulouse University Hospital, Global R&D Partners LLC (San Diego), Harvard Medical School, Imaging, Inc. (New York), Informant-Reported Outcome Measures, Innovation Infrastructure, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease (JPAD), Keck School of Medicine: University of Southern California, Longitudinal Evaluation of Amyloid Risk and Neurodegeneration (LEARN) Study, McGill University, Molecular Imaging; Mild Behavioral Impairment, Multi-Domain Alzheimer’s Prevention Trial (MAPT), National Institutes of Health’s Accelerating Medicines Partnership (AMP), Neurodegeneration, Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neurodegenerative Disorders, Neurodegenerative Research, Neurology (FDA), Next Generation (NexGen) Prevention Trial, NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery (NIHTB-CB), Non-Invasive Biomarkers, Outcome Measures, Participation in Research, Patient Reported Outcome Measures, Pentara Corporation (Salt Lake City), PET, Pfizer, Plasma Biomarkers, Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease, Preclinical Alzheimer’s Cognitive Composite (PACC), Preclinical Biomarkers and Dementia, Preclinical Biomarkers in Alzheimer's Disease, Preclinical Indicators and Dementia, Preclinical Indicators in Alzheimer's Disease, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Prevention Agenda Linking Dementia and Other Non-Communicable Diseases, Prevention Approaches, Prodromal Alzheimer's Disease, Promisary Science, Recruitment and Retention, Regulation and Drug Development For Early-Stage Alzheimer's Disease, Research and Development, Research and Innovation, Research Commitment, Research Culture, Research Mapping, Research Networks, Research Promotion, Sharing Knowledge and Information, Slowing Progression of Disease (Stabilisation), Switzerland, Tau PET, Technology and Infrastructure Development, TOMMORROW Study, UMR1027 Inserm, United States, University College London, University Hospital of Montpellier, University of Southern California, University of Toulouse III, USA, Washington University School of Medicine
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Updated Local Dementia Services Profile(s) (PHE / MHDNIN)
Summary Public Health England (PHE) has again updated the online local Dementia Profile(s). Figures on the estimated diagnosis rates for dementia, by geographical area, have been updated. Full Text Link Reference Dementia profile: August 2018 data update. [Online]: Public Health England … Continue reading →
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Further Brief Insights Into the Potentially Neuroprotective Benefits of Certain Foods (BBC News / Scientific Reports / ARUK / AAIC)
Summary There is evidence to suggest that the protein β-parvalbumin found in fish inhibits the formation of α-synuclein (the protein present in Parkinson’s Disease). The cross-reaction of β-parvalbumin and human amyloidogenic proteins may explain at least some of the health … Continue reading →
Posted in Alzheimer’s Research UK, Charitable Bodies, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Nutrition, Parkinson's Disease, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Updated Local Dementia Services Profile(s) (PHE / MHDNIN)
Summary Public Health England (PHE) has updated the online Dementia Profile(s). These profiles are aggregated into a statistical tool which is intended to assist commissioners identify variations in services / outcomes. Profiles of local data cover Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) and Local … Continue reading →
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Tagged Adult Social Care Framework (ASCOF), Benchmarking, CCGs: Clinical Commissioning Groups, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN), CQC Surveys, Dementia and Mortality, Dementia Benchmarking Framework, Dementia Data Catalogue (PHE / NMHDNIN), Dementia Diagnosis Rates, Dementia Diagnosis: UK Statistics, Dementia Friends Data, Dementia Intelligence at CCG or Local Authority / Provider Level, Dementia Prevalence, Dementia Prevention: UK Statistics, Dementia Profile (PHE / NMHDNIN), Dementia Risk Factors, Dementia Risk Prevention, Dementia Support for Clinical Commissioning Groups, Emergency Admission Rates in UK, Emergency Hospital Admission (EHA), English Local Authorities, English National Audit – Memory Clinics, General Practice Extraction Service (GPES), Health Informatics, Hospital Admission Rates, Hospital Admissions Statistics (HES), Improving Dementia Diagnosis Rates, Indicators and Datasets (Dementia Intelligence), Informatics, Living Well After Diagnosis, Living Well with Dementia, Living Well With Dementia: UK Statistics, Local Authorities (LAs), Mental Health Dementia and Neurology Intelligence Network (MHDNIN), Mental Health Dementia and Neurology Intelligence Network (MHIN), Mental Health Services Dataset (MHSDS), Metadata (Dementia Intelligence), MHDNIN: Mental Health Dementia and Neurology Intelligence Network, More Informatics Than You Can Shake A Stick @, National Mental Health Dementia and Neurology Intelligence Network (NMHDNIN), National Mental Health Dementia and Neurology Intelligence Networks, NHS Health Check, NHS Health Check Programme, NHS Health Checks, Official National Statistics (ONS) Mortality dataset, Outcomes Benchmarking, Patient-Led Assessments of the Care Environment (PLACE), Performance Benchmarking, PHE: Public Health England, Place of Death, Post-Diagnostic Support, Preferred Place of Death, Prevalence of Dementia, Prevention Agenda, Prevention Agenda Linking Dementia and Other Non-Communicable Diseases, Public Health England (PHE), Public Health England (PHE) Dementia Intelligence Network (DIN), Public Health England (PHE) Neurology Intelligence Network (NIN), Public Health England Fingertips Tool, Quality Outcomes Framework (QOF), Quality Outcomes Framework (QOF): Recorded Dementia Diagnoses, Reducing Variations in Readmission Rates, System Benchmarks, Well Pathway for Dementia (NHS England): Diagnosing Well, Well Pathway for Dementia (NHS England): Dying Well, Well Pathway for Dementia (NHS England): Living Well, Well Pathway for Dementia (NHS England): Preventing Well, Well Pathway for Dementia (NHS England): Supporting Well
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Early Research on Stress and Social Disadvantage as Potential Risk Factors (BBC News / AAIC)
Summary Early research findings presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in London suggest that stressful life events, and more generally the chronic stress of enduring social deprivation life-long, may age the brain. The researchers claim that extremely stressful experiences … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Community Care, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, International, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Heading Footballs Associated With Dementia / CTE / Depression? (BBC News / Acta Neuropathologica / NHS Choices)
Summary Further evidence has emerged concerning a potential association between the practice of heading footballs and a heightened risk of long-term brain damage. This research is based on examination of the brains of small numbers of (mostly) professional footballers who … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, Depression, Diagnosis, For Researchers (mostly), In the News, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Quick Insights, Scotland, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
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