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It’s how much cannabis your patients with HIV infection smoke now-not over their lifetime-that appears to affect their cognition.

Cannabis and Cognition and HIV 

An association was found between headache or non-migrainous headache and later dementia. Not so for migraine.

More Headache, Less Migraine With Dementia

A multi-step inflammatory cascade appears to connect hyperglycemia and brain dysfunction.

Impaired Blood Flow in Diabetic Brain Tied to Cognitive Problems

Here’s a look at what’s new and interesting on the Web for health care professionals.

Batting Averages and Sex Improvement

Growing evidence suggests a link between obesity and dementia, but risk may be heightened or lowered, depending on age. In this study, early to mid-life obesity was linked with increased risk of later dementia.

The Obesity and Dementia Link

In the news: stroke prevention, heart disease and women, migraine and depression, cholinesterase inhibitors and dementia, multivitamins and cataract risk.

Stroke Prevention, Heart Disease and Women, and More

Some interesting take home-points for your practice from recent studies and surveys: learn the details in this 5 question quiz.

Preventing Dementia, Diabetes, Heart Disease, Stroke

Regular exercise; no smoking; and maintaining a low body weight, a healthy diet, and low alcohol intake may reduce the risk significantly.

Healthy Behaviors Trim Dementia, Chronic Diseases

The reduction in dementia is not simply the result of the drugs reducing their blood pressure.

Dementia Is Less Apparent in Older Patients Who Receive Beta-Blockers

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What is a safe, effective, and inexpensive way to reduce the risk of heart attacks, strokes, and dementia? What we eat is a key part of the answer. For one thing, doctors can suggest an appropriate diet to motivated patients, or to those who prefer a non-drug approach.