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Tag Archives: Environmental Risk Factors
Low Socio-Economic Status: a Possible Dementia Risk Factor? (JAMA Psychiatry / The Mental Elf)
Summary Data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing was used to analyse potential associations between markers of socioeconomic status (wealth quintiles and the index of multiple deprivation) and the incidence of dementia. It appears that dementia incidence is associated with low levels of … Continue reading
Posted in For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Mental Health, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Austerity, Dementia Risk Factors, Department of Behavioural Science and Health: University College London, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health (University College London), ELSA: English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA), Environmental Risk Factors, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities and Socio-Economic Inequalities in Health, JAMA Psychiatry, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Low Socio-Economic Status: Likely Dementia Risk Factor, Medical School: University of Exeter, Mental Health: Epidemiology and Statistics, Modifiable Risk Factors, Overlapping Risk Factors, Risk Factors, School of Health Sciences: University of Surrey, Social Epidemiology, Socio-Economic Deprivation, Socio-Economic Patterning, Socio-Economic Status, Socio-Environmental Risk Factors, Socio-Environmental Risk Factors for Dementia, The Mental Elf, University College London, University of Exeter, University of Exeter Medical School, University of Surrey
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Doubling in Global Burden of Parkinson’s Disease, 1990–2016 (Lancet Neurology)
Summary A systematic analysis of epidemiological studies concerning the global, regional, and nation-specific prevalence of Parkinson’s Disease (and years of life lived with disability arising from this condition) notes a doubling of the burden of Parkinson’s Disease between 1990 and … Continue reading
Posted in For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Parkinson's Disease, Quick Insights, Statistics, Systematic Reviews, Universal Interest
Tagged Country-Specific Burden(s) of Parkinson’s Disease (1990–2016), Deaths Prevalence and DALYs for Parkinson's Disease in 2016, Environmental Risk Factors, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Epidemiology of Parkinson's Disease, GBD 2016 Parkinson's Disease Collaborators, Global Burden of Disease (GBD), Global Burden of Disease Regions, Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD), Global Burden of Parkinson’s Disease (1990–2016), Global Health Data Exchange, Global YLD and YLL Rates Per 100000 Population for Parkinson's Disease by age in 2016, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, Lancet Neurology, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Neurological Disorders, Parkinson's, Prevalence of Neurological Disorders, Prevalence of Parkinson's Disease, Regional Burden of Parkinson’s Disease (1990–2016), Risk Factors for Parkinson's Disease, Socio-Environmental Risk Factors, Worldwide Prevalence and Incidence of Parkinson's Disease, Years Lived With Disability (YLD) for Parkinson's Disease, Years of Life Lost (YLLs), YLLs
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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
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Air Pollution Associated With Cognitive Impairment? (BBC News / PNAS)
Summary A study of people living in China indicates that chronic exposure to extreme levels of air pollution is associated with poorer cognitive functioning, at any age. Full Text Link Reference Air pollution may harm cognitive intelligence, study says. London: … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, Quick Insights, Statistics, Universal Interest
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Pollution of All Types: A Broad Review of the Health Implications (Department of Health / BBC News)
Summary The Chief Medical Officer’s latest annual report summarises the latest emerging evidence about all types of pollution. The press release talks of four main topics: Pollution arising from healthcare. Pollution and health inequalities. Emerging pollution-related issues. Pollution measurement and … Continue reading
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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
Tagged 2017 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC®2017), African Americans, Alzheimer’s Association AAIC Press Office, Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC®2017), Centre for the Study of Social Cohesion: University of Oxford, Cortisol, Dementia Risk Factors, Dementia Risk Prevention, Dementia Risk Reduction, Dementia Risk Reduction and Prevention, Environmental Risk Factors, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Ethnicity, Health Determinants, Health Improvement, Health Inequalities, Health Policy, Immune System, Immune System and Neurodegenerative Diseases, Improving Local Public Health, Improving Public Health, Inflammation, Inflammation and Neurodegenerative Diseases, Inflammatory Response, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Modifiable Risk Factors, Necroptosis, Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neurodegenerative Disorders, Neuroinflammation, Overlapping Risk Factors, Potentially Modifiable Socio-Environmental Risk Factors, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Prevention of Dementia, Reducing Health Inequalities, Risk Factors, Social Epidemiology, Socio-Environmental Risk Factors, Stressful Life Experiences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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On the Road to Dementia? (BBC / Lancet / NHS Choices)
Summary Researchers following nearly 2 million Canadians in Ontario over 11 years have discovered that living close to busy roads appears to be associated with a higher incidence of dementia. It is suggested that possibly 10% of dementia cases amongst … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Community Care, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Parkinson's Disease, Quick Insights, Statistics, Universal Interest
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