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Cerebral small vessel and cognitive impairment


 

Patients with hypertension who show substantial progression of cerebral small vessel disease have a sixfold higher odds of developing mild cognitive impairment compared with similar patients who do not have signs of progression. Also today, antidepressants are tied to greater hip fracture incidence, a hospital readmission reduction program may be doing more harm than good, and the flu season rages on with 19 states showing high activity in the final week of 2018.

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