Dementia diagnosis: How long do patients really live?
The average life expectancy of people diagnosed with dementia ranges from nine years at age 60 to 4.5 years at age 85 for ...
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Medication issues and wandering residents: Peoria nursing home fined for violations
A Peoria nursing home received nearly $30,000 in fines last year from the Illinois Department of Public Health for failing to prevent residents from wandering off the property, not properly providing ...
Doctor who punched dementia patient tried to apologise but 'maintains innocence'
Dr Xowi Mwimbi was jailed last February after he punched a dementia patient in the face when he used a racist term, and faces ...
New dementia tool predicts when symptoms will start: ‘Would you want to know?’
Nearly 7 million Americans have been diagnosed with dementia, which slowly erodes memory, thinking skills and the ability to ...
Florey Dementia Index: This online tool predicts age of onset for early Alzheimer’s disease
A simple digital health tool developed by Australian researchers could soon help predict the age of onset for early Alzheimer ...
New evidence links dementia to problems with the brain's waste clearance system
A study from the Keck School of Medicine of USC has tested a biomarker linked to vascular dementia across four separate ...
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Common sleep drugs are linked to dementia, study finds
Previous research has associated sleep medications with other health risks, such as falls, fractures, car accidents, and ...