Geriatrics
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Coffee Consumption Linked to Lower Dementia Risk in Elderly
Major Finding: In a multivariate analysis, cognitively healthy participants drinking coffee daily had a significant 32% reduction in the risk of...
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Neuropsychological Data Endorse Preclinical Alzheimer's
Major Finding: Participants who didn’t carry the apo E allele had a greater-than-1% annual improvement in scores on the SRT. Carriers of apo E did...
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Pfizer Drops Alzheimer's Immunotherapy Drug
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Nondrug Interventions Can Improve Dementia Patients' Lives
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Psychosis in Alzheimer's May Recur After Dropping Risperidone
Major Finding: Relapse occurred in 60% of Alzheimer’s disease patients who had responded to a 16-week treatment period with risperidone but then...
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H3N2v Influenza Cases Double in Last 3 Weeks
Major Finding: All 12 of the most recently reported case of human infections with influenza A (H3N2) variant virus involved contact with swine.
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Exercise Rivals Sertraline in Comorbid CHD, Depression
Major Finding: CHD patients who exercised 90 minutes per week showed a significantly greater reduction in HAM-D score (7.5 points) than did those...
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Denosumab Shows Favorable Results in FREEDOM Extension
Major Finding: The incidence of nonvertebral fractures in a large group of postmenopausal women with osteoporosis was 6.5% during their first 3...
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Weight Loss Through Dieting Increases Insulin Sensitivity
Major Finding: Dietary weight loss plus an exercise training program boosted insulin sensitivity by 86% in 1 year and diet alone improved it by 70...
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Experimental Drug Improves Cognition, Memory in Alzheimer's
Major Finding: An investigational alpha-7 partial agonist significantly improved cognition and memory in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer’...