A growing body of research points to the role of the gut-brain axis in the development of Parkinson disease, with inflammatory bowel disease, leaky gut, and altered gut microbiota observed in the gut, often years before the onset of symptoms of Parkinson disease.
A physically and mentally active lifestyle may protect against frontotemporal dementia even in people at established genetic risk.
Individuals with Alzheimer disease (AD) initiating antipsychotics have an increased risk for head injuries and traumatic brain injury.
Left atrial enlargement with vs without atrial fibrillation was not found to be associated with greater cognitive decline over a 5-year period.
From 2007 to 2014, there was a decrease in the diagnosed incidence of Alzheimer disease.
Behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia, a neurodegenerative disease that affects the frontal and anterior temporal lobes, results in disordered socioemotional behavior.
The study examined 3 psychotic phenotypes: psychosis wide, psychosis narrow, and delusions narrow.
Alzheimer disease patients who initiate treatment with antipsychotic medications spend more days hospitalized than those who do not initiate antipsychotics.
For older adults, a higher rate of hospitalizations is associated with more rapid cognitive decline.
The United States has a rapidly ageing population, and 14 million people are projected to live with dementia by 2050.
