Dementia

A daily step count of as few as 3800 was associated with a 25% reduced risk of incident dementia in a cohort of 78 000 adults; the optimal count was fewer than 10 000.

A T2D diagnosis in adults aged 50 to 59 years vs 60 to 69 years or ≥70 years was linked to significantly increased risk for cardio- and cerebrovascular disease and all-cause mortality.

Multimorbidity was associated with a 63% increased risk for dementia among adults older than age 60 years followed for up to 15 years.

A new study compared the differential effects of agents used to treat hypertension on the risk for dementia in patients with hypertension and mild cognitive impairment.

Treatment with intranasal insulin improved executive function and verbal memory, as well as other measures, in participants with and without type 2 diabetes.

Screening of older adults for falls and cognitive impairment should be routine in primary care; a recent study highlights an intervention that could help.

Patients taking either of the 2 anticoagulants showed no large differences on 4 cognitive test scores at 2 years, according to authors of the GIRAF trial.

A new analysis of the large ASPREE trial found statin use in older adults is not associated in the incidence of dementia or a decline in neurocognitive health.

International Stroke Conference: Adults with dementia are more likely to be infected with COVID-19, but no more likely to die from it vs those without cognitive impairment.

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