Tag Archives: New England Journal of Medicine

Football and Dementia Risk: Mortality From Neurodegenerative Disease Higher in Former Professional Soccer Players (BBC News / Drake Foundation / NEJM / Bazian)

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

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 →

The NHS: Probably Still the World’s Best Health Service (BBC News / Commonwealth Fund / NEJM / NHS England / JAMA)

Posted on July 15, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Commonwealth Fund, a US think-tank, has re-compared data from 11 countries and – to the surprise of some commentators – again ranked the UK’s NHS as the being the best national health system overall. The NHS comes first (highest rating) for … Continue reading →

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National Diabetes Week 2017 (NHS England / NEJM / NHS Choices)

Posted on June 16, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary National Diabetes Week falls between June 11th 2017 to June 17th 2017. To mark this event NHS England has released a short animation for the general public offering basic advice, and promoting the Diabetes Prevention Programme and Healthier You. … Continue reading →

Urine Test for Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)? (BBC News / MRC / JAMA Neurology / NEJM)

Posted on October 4, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary It may one day be possible to use a non-invasive diagnostic urine test to discover whether or not patients have sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (sCJD). Full Text Link Reference A urine test for Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease may be possible. London: Medical … Continue reading →

A Question of Height: a New Dimension in Statistical and Genetic Risk Factors? (BBC News / NHS Choices / British Journal of Psychiatry / NEJM)

Posted on April 10, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A number of studies point to the unexpected potential influence of physical height in the risks of developing various diseases (which may or may not be related). It was found last year that decreasing height is associated statistically with … Continue reading →

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Malignant Melanoma: Increasing Incidence of Skin Cancer in the UK (BBC News / CRUK)

Posted on April 6, 2015 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary It is estimated that 5,700 over-65s are diagnosed with malignant melanoma each year, compared to 600 in the mid-1970s. The over-65s were the first generation to “benefit” from cheaper foreign holidays and suntan salons. Risks of developing this condition … Continue reading →

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Bapineuzumab Trials Results in Mild-to-Moderate Alzheimer’s Disease (New England Journal of Medicine)

Posted on January 28, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Bapineuzumab is an anti-amyloid-beta monoclonal antibody, which had shown promise for the treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease. Two double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trials have been conducted, involving 2204 patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease. One trial involved 1121 carriers of … Continue reading →

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Solanezumab Trials Results for Mild-to-Moderate Alzheimer’s Disease (New England Journal of Medicine)

Posted on January 28, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Solanezumab is a monoclonal antibody which binds soluble amyloid preferentially and had shown some promise of promoting better clearance of amyloid-beta from the brain in pre-clinical studies. Two placebo controlled trials (EXPEDITION 1 and EXPEDITION 2) of 1012 and … Continue reading →

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Monetary Costs of Dementia in the United States (New England Journal of Medicine / RAND)

Posted on April 7, 2013 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The societal cost of dementia in the United States has been estimated to range from $157 billion to $215 billion annually according to RAND economists, making the disease more costly than heart disease or cancer. Read more: Cost of Dementia Tops $157 … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: New England Journal of Medicine

National Diabetes Week 2017 (NHS England / NEJM / NHS Choices)

A Question of Height: a New Dimension in Statistical and Genetic Risk Factors? (BBC News / NHS Choices / British Journal of Psychiatry / NEJM)

Malignant Melanoma: Increasing Incidence of Skin Cancer in the UK (BBC News / CRUK)

Bapineuzumab Trials Results in Mild-to-Moderate Alzheimer’s Disease (New England Journal of Medicine)

Solanezumab Trials Results for Mild-to-Moderate Alzheimer’s Disease (New England Journal of Medicine)

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