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Menopausal hormone therapy not associated with increased dementia risk

The findings of this retrospective study in the United Kingdom should reassure women taking menopausal hormonal therapy but do not support its use to prevent dementia, a linked opinion piece said.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2021/10/05/5.htm
5 Oct 2021

Dementia care poses ethical quagmires

Dementia presents unique ethical challenges for physicians because it is a “disease of autonomy.”
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/05/dementia-care-poses-ethical-quagmires.htm
1 May 2020

Inappropriate medications prescribed in some Medicare patients with CKD, study finds

Over a third of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) enrolled in a Medicare plan's Medication Therapy Management program in 2018 received a prescription for at least one potentially inappropriate medication.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2021/02/02/5.htm
2 Feb 2021

Genes, environment hold the keys to healthy aging

Living into one's centenarian years involves a little bit of genetic luck, and a lot of healthy lifestyle choices.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/05/agingQA.htm
1 May 2017

Statins not associated with memory or cognition decline in elderly

Statins were associated with preserved cognitive ability in some subgroups, and the study may offer reassurance to patients concerned about statins' effects on the brain, study authors wrote.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2019/11/19/4.htm
19 Nov 2019

Clarification

In the November/December 2019 ACP Internist, a sentence in the story “New Thinking about Alzheimer's Diagnosis” has been updated at immattersacp.org.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/01/clarification.htm
1 Jan 2020

Structured exercise program did not slow cognitive impairment in people with mild or moderate dementia

Scores on the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale-cognitive subscale (ADAS-cog) at 12 months showed greater cognitive decline in the exercise group.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2018/05/22/1.htm
22 May 2018

Sniffing out smell disorders

Awareness and early diagnosis are key to improving outcomes in cases of like anosmia and hyposmia, experts say.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2019/03/sniffing-out-smell-disorders.htm
1 Mar 2019

Dementia risk may be higher in elderly patients with high serum uric acid levels

The association between high serum uric acid levels and vascular or mixed dementia might be affected by interim strokes, the authors said.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2017/08/15/5.htm
15 Aug 2017

What's in an eponym? Discussing namesake diseases

Where do medical eponyms come from? Consider their origins, the reasons why they've fallen out of favor, and why some still, against the odds, endure.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2021/03/whats-in-an-eponym-discussing-namesake-diseases.htm
1 Mar 2021

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