Tag Archives: University of Oslo

Dementia Risk Reduction: Suggestions for Lifestyle Modification (NHS Choices / Lancet / BBC News / AAIC)

Posted on July 22, 2017 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A large-scale international review, by the Lancet Commission on Dementia Prevention, Intervention and Care (LCDPIC), suggests that perhaps one in three cases of dementia could be prevented if people took steps to follow healthier lifestyles and so protect their … Continue reading →

Headache: a Predictor for Dementia? (Journal of Headache and Pain)

Posted on May 24, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The researchers conducting the HUNT Study are aware that the possible reasons behind any association between headache and the likelihood of going on to develop dementia are at present unknown. They examined the association between headache and dementia, via … Continue reading →

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Qualitative Research Into Spiritual Care for Persons With Dementia in Nursing Homes (BMC Nursing)

Posted on January 5, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Nurses’ and care workers’ experiences in the provision of spiritual care for people with dementia living in Norwegian nursing homes were explored, based on interviews following a phenomenological-hermeneutic approach to analysis. Participants were unsure about spiritual care in many … Continue reading →

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Possible Link Between Alzheimer’s Disease and Schizophrenia? (BBC News / PNAS)

Posted on November 25, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary A “weak spot” in the brain, which may be play some common role(s) underlying both Alzheimer’s Disease and schizophrenia, appears to have been identified using functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) brain scans. The brain area in question has been … Continue reading →

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Reduction of Health Inequalities: Natural Solutions? (UCL IHE / JCN / BBC News)

Posted on October 13, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary This UCL Institute of Health Equity report presents the evidence on the benefits of green spaces for improving health and wellbeing outcomes. Inequalities in access to natural environments in England are thought to contribute to health inequalities. The report … Continue reading →

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UK Biobank: Ambitious Imaging Data Collection (BBC News / European Psychiatry)

Posted on May 3, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Around 100,000 of the 500,000 adults aged 40-69 and currently enrolled in UK Biobank are to be invited to take part in detailed imaging of their brain, heart and other major organs. This will be the world’s biggest scanning … Continue reading →

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Cardio-Respiratory Fitness and Cognitive Function in Middle Age: CARDIA Study (BBC News / Neurology)

Posted on April 22, 2014 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary There is further evidence for the long-term benefits of physical exercise in the reducing risk of cognitive decline in later life. Research indicates that a higher level of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) is associated with better cognitive function (measured in … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: University of Oslo

Headache: a Predictor for Dementia? (Journal of Headache and Pain)

Possible Link Between Alzheimer’s Disease and Schizophrenia? (BBC News / PNAS)

UK Biobank: Ambitious Imaging Data Collection (BBC News / European Psychiatry)

Cardio-Respiratory Fitness and Cognitive Function in Middle Age: CARDIA Study (BBC News / Neurology)

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