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Tag Archives: Overlapping Risk Factors
Elderly Depression and Dementia: Underlying Relationships? (Frontiers in Pharmacology)
Summary A systematic review examines the relationship(s) between depression and dementia in old age, exploring multiple possible explanations: Depressive symptoms may be a risk factor for dementia. Depressive symptoms may be a prodromal symptom of dementia. Depressive symptoms may be … Continue reading →
Posted in Depression, Diagnosis, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews, Universal Interest
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Tagged Ageing Population, Anhedonia, Behavioural Risk Factors, Belgium, Center for Neurosciences (C4N): Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Conversion From Depressive Symptoms to Dementia in the Elderly, Conversion to Dementia From Prodromal Disease, Dementia and Depression, Dementia Risk Factors, Department of Biomedical Sciences: University of Antwerp, Department of Electrical Engineering: Eindhoven University of Technology, Department of Neurology: Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Department of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology: Ghent University Hospital, Department of Psychiatry: Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Depression and Dementia, Depression in Dementia: Risk Factors, Depressive Symptoms, Depressive Symptoms and Cognitive Decline, Depressive Symptoms in the Elderly, Depressive Syndrome, Eindhoven University of Technology, Epidemiology, Frontiers in Pharmacology, Ghent Experimental Psychiatry (GHEP) Lab: Ghent University Hospital, Ghent University, Ghent University Hospital, Hypothetical Prodromes of Dementia, Increasing Depressive Symptoms Associated with a Higher Risk of Dementia, Increasing Depressive Symptoms: Statistical Prodrome of Dementia, Institute Born-Bunge: University of Antwerp, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Low Positive Affect, Melancholic Symptoms, Motivational Symptoms, Netherlands, Overlapping Risk Factors, Personality Traits (Risk Factors), Prodromal Dementia, Psychosocial Protective and Risk Factors, Risk Factors, Risk Factors for Depression, Risk Factors for Late-Life Depression, Risk Factors of Depression and Dementia in Elderly, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms and Risk of Dementia, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, University of Antwerp, Vegetative Symptoms, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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Dementia Risk Factors Re-Explored / Confirmed (NIHR Signal / BMJ Open)
Summary A further systematic review indicates that unhealthy behaviours tend to increase dementia risk. Pooled meta-analysis of previous research demonstrate a 20% increase in the risk of dementia from one risk factor, while the co-occurrence of three risk factors doubles … Continue reading →
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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 →
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Alzheimer’s Research UK, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Ageing Population, Ageing Population Carer Support, Alzheimer's Research UK, Australia, Barriers to Support, Behavioural Risk Factors, Behavioural Risk Factors and Dementia, Blood Pressure, Brighton and Sussex Medical School: University of Sussex, Cambridge Institute of Public Health: University of Cambridge, Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust, Canada, Center for Innovative Care in Aging: Johns Hopkins University, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences: University of Edinburgh, Centre for Dementia Studies: Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Centre for Dementia Studies: University of Manchester, Centre for Dementia Studies: University of Sussex, Centre for Old Age Psychiatric Research (Innlandet Hospital Trust), Centre for Research in Ageing and Cognitive Health: University of Exeter, Centre for the Health Care of Elderly People: Dalhousie University, Cognitive Decline and Dementia: Risk Reduction, Cumulative Benefit of Reducing Risk Factors, Dalhousie University (Halifax; Canada), Delivery of Improved Practice by Increasing Knowledge and Informing Changes in Practice and Culture, Dementia and Sensory Loss, Dementia Policy, Dementia Prevention, Dementia Research, Dementia Research Centre: University College London, Dementia Research Priorities, Dementia Risk Factors, Dementia Risk Prevention, Dementia Risk Reduction, Dementia Risk Reduction and Prevention, Department of Health Promotion: Tel-Aviv University, Department of Medicine: University of Washington, Department of Neurology and Department of Psychiatry and the Behavioural Sciences: Keck School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences: Johns Hopkins Bayview, Department of Psychiatry: University of Michigan, Department Psychosocial and Community Health: University of Washington, Diet and Dementia, Dietary Factors, Division of Psychiatry: University College London, Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Faculty of Medicine: University of Oslo, France, Geriatric Medicine: Dalhousie University, Healthy Ageing, Healthy and Active Ageing: Life-Course Approach (WHO), Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy Lifestyles and Public Health Programmes, Healthy Living, Heczeg Institute on Aging: Tel Aviv University, Increasing Knowledge of Risk and Protective Factors, Innlandet Hospital Trust (Norway), Inserm: Unit 1061, Institute of Health and Society: University of Oslo, Institute of Neurology: National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, Israel, Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore), Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, Keck School of Medicine, La Colombière Hospital, Lancet, Lancet Commission on Dementia Prevention Intervention and Care, Lancet Commission on Dementia Prevention Intervention and Care (LCDPIC), Later Life, LCDPIC: Lancet Commission on Dementia Prevention Intervention and Care, Leonard Davis School of Gerontology: University of Southern California, Life-Course Approach to Healthy and Active Ageing, Life-Course Model of Dementia Prevention, Lifestyle Factors, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Lifestyle Weight Management, Loneliness, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Loneliness Harms Health, Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department: University College London, Maximising Benefits to People Living With Dementia and Their Families of Seeking and Receiving a Diagnosis of Dementia, MCI: Mild Cognitive Impairment, Medical School: University of Exeter, Mediterranean Diet, Midlife Hypertension, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Minerva Center for Interdisciplinary Study of End of Life: Tel Aviv University, Modifiable Risk Factors, Mortality Risk Factors, National Ageing Research Institute (Australia) Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age: University of Melbourne, Neurological Disorders, Neuroprotective Lifestyles, Neuropsychiatric Symptoms, Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in People With Dementia, Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease, Neuropsychiatry - 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Healthy Lifestyles May Partially Help Offset Genetic Risk Factors for Dementia (BBC News / JAMA / Bazian)
Summary Persons in the UK Biobank study were followed over time to discover whether pursuing a healthy lifestyle (not smoking, regular physical activity, healthy diet and moderate alcohol consumption) might be associated with lower risk of developing dementia regardless of predisposing genetic risk factors. Statistically, favourable (“healthy”) lifestyles … Continue reading →
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Consumption of Sugary Drinks Associated With Higher Cancer Risk? (BBC News / BMJ / Bazian)
Summary Sugary drinks, including 100% fruit juices and fizzy pops, appear to increase the risk of cancer (very slightly). Full Text Link Reference Gallagher, J. (2019). Are sugary drinks causing cancer? London: BBC Health News, July 11th 2019. This relates … Continue reading →
Posted in BBC News, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Quick Insights, Statistics, Universal Interest
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Tagged 100% Fruit Juices: Potential Modifiable Risk Factor for Cancer Prevention, Adiposity, Adiposity and Cancer, Adiposity-Related Cancers, Avicenne Hospital, Bazian, BBC Health News, Behind the Headlines, BMJ, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, British Medical Journal (BMJ), Cancer Risk Factors, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM), Critical Appraisals, Diet and Nutrition, Diet and Obesity, Dietary Risk Factors, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Fine and Gray Model, Fondation de France, Framingham Offspring Cohort, Framingham Third Generation Cohort, France, French Ministry of Health, French National Cancer Institute, French National Cause Specific Mortality Registry (CépiDC), French NutriNet-Santé Cohort, French Public Health Agency, Glycaemic Index or Glycaemic Load of Sugary Drinks, Healthy Ageing, Healthy Lifestyles, Lifestyle Factors, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study, Modifiable Risk Factors, National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM), NutriNet-Santé Prospective Cohort, Nutrition, Nutritional Epidemiology Research Team (EREN), Nutritional Epidemiology Surveillance Team (ESEN), Obesity, Obesity - Cancer Link, Obesity and Elevated Cancer Risk, Overlapping Risk Factors, Paris 13 University, Public Health Department: Avicenne Hospital, Risk Factors, Santé Publique France: the French Public Health Agency, SNIIRAM Databases, Sorbonne Paris Cité Epidemiology and Statistics Research Center (CRESS): Inserm U1153, Sugar Consumption, Sugary Drinks, Sugary Drinks: Link to Cancer, Sugary Drinks: Potential Modifiable Risk Factor for Cancer Prevention, Unhealthy Lifestyles, Visceral Adiposity
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No Safe or Protective Level of Alcohol Consumption? (BBC News / Lancet)
Summary Light-to-moderate drinking increases blood pressure and the risk of stroke. “I have always been reasonably convinced that moderate alcohol consumption was protective for cardiovascular disease, but now I am having my doubts”. Professor David Spiegelhalter: Winton Professor for the … Continue reading →
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Tagged Alcohol, Alcohol Acetaldehyde and East Asian Flushing Syndrome, Alcohol Care Teams (ACTs), Alcohol Consumption, Alcohol Dehydrogenase (ADH), Alcohol-Attributable Deaths and Disease Burden, Alcohol-Related Deaths, Alcohol-Related Harm, Aldehyde Dehydrogenase (ALDH), Amenable Mortality, Attributable Disease Burden Due to Alcohol Use, Avoidable Mortality, Avoidable Premature Mortality, BBC Health News, Behavioural Risk Factors, British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK, Cardiovascular Disease, Cardiovascular Risk, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Cardiovascular Risk Factors (CVRF), China, China Kadoorie Biobank, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (Beijing), Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology, Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit: University of Oxford, Common Genetic Variants in East Asian Populations (ALDH2-rs671 and ADH1B-rs1229984), Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics: Peking University, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Gansu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Lanzhou), Genetic Epidemiology, Genetic Epidemiology in East Asian Populations, Genetic Research, Genetic Risk Factors, Genotypic Determinants of Alcohol Intake, GlaxoSmithKline, Henan Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Zhengzhou), Kadoorie Charitable Foundation, Lancet, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Liuyang Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Changsha), Low Risk Drinking, Medical Research Council, Medical Research Council Integrative Epidemiology Unit: University of Bristol, Medical Research Council Population Health Research Unit: University of Oxford, Modifiable Risk Factors, Mortality Risk Factors, Nangang Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Harbin), National Natural Science Foundation of China, Nuffield Department of Population Health: University of Oxford, Overlapping Risk Factors, Oxford, Peking University, Peking University Health Science Center, Population Health, Population Health Sciences: University of Bristol, Prevention, Prevention Agenda, Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter: Winton Professor for the Public Understanding of Risk at University of Cambridge, Psychosocial and Lifestyle-Related Risk Factors, Public Health, Public Health Burden of Alcohol, Reducing Alcohol-Related Harm, Stroke Prevention, University of Bristol, University of Oxford, Vascular Risk Factors, Wellcome Trust, Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Hangzhou)
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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
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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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Headache: a Possible Dementia Risk Factor? (Journal of Headache and Pain)
Summary A review and meta-analysis of previous studies suggests that headache (any headache) is associated significantly with a higher risk of developing dementia. The authors suggest that further research would be advisable to confirm and clarify their findings. Full Text … Continue reading →
Posted in For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Quick Insights, Statistics, Systematic Reviews, Universal Interest
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Tagged Any Headache and Risk of All-Cause Dementia, China, Chinese PLA General Hospital (Beijing), Dementia Risk Factors, Department of Geriatric Cardiology: Chinese PLA General Hospital, Department of Neurology: Chinese PLA General Hospital, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Headache, Headache as a Dementia Risk Factor, Headache Disorder, Headache Disorder and Risk of Dementia, Headache: Potential Predictor for Dementia, Journal of Headache and Pain, Nankai University (China), National Clinical Research Center of Geriatric Diseases (China), National Clinical Research Center of Geriatric Diseases: Chinese PLA General Hospital, Overlapping Risk Factors, Risk Factors, School of Medicine: Nankai University, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, Tension-Type Headache (TTH), Vascular Risk Factors
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Pre-Eclampsia and Risk of Dementia (BMJ)
Summary Danish research indicates that pre-eclampsia is associated with a subsequent increased risk of dementia in later life, particularly with vascular dementia. Full Text Link Reference Basit, S. Wohlfahrt, J. [and] Boyd, HA. (2018). Pre-eclampsia and risk of dementia later … Continue reading →
Posted in For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Quick Insights, Universal Interest
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Tagged BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, British Medical Journal (BMJ), Cardiovascular System Disorders, Cognitive Impairment (Potential Risk Factors), Danish Civil Registration System, Dementia Risk Factors, Denmark, Department of Epidemiology Research: Statens Serum Institut, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Neurocognitive Disorders, Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neurodegenerative Disorders, Neurological Disorders, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Overlapping Risk Factors, Pre-Eclampsia, Pre-Eclampsia and Risk of Dementia, Risk Factors, Statens Serum Institut (Copenhagen), STOX1 Gene, Vascular Consequences of Pre-Eclampsia, Vascular Dementia, Vascular Risk Factors
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Risk of Dementia in Patients Using Antidepressants? (Behavioural Neurology / BBC News)
Summary Evidence indicating that use of antidepressants is associated significantly with an increased risk of developing dementia: Full Text Link Reference Wang, YC. Tai, PA. [and] Poly, TN. [et al] (2018). Increased risk of dementia in patients with antidepressants: a … Continue reading →
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