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Category Archives: Vascular dementia
New Recommendations for Cognitive Screening from the Alzheimer’s Association
The Alzheimer’s Association has published new guidelines to provide primary care physicians with guidance on cognitive assessment during an annual wellness visit. An expert workgroup assembled by the association, offers new comprehensive guidance on how to assess for cognitive impairment … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia, MCI, Vascular dementia
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New EFNS Guidelines on Other Dementias
The European Federation of Neurological Societies (EFNS) and the European Neurological Society (ENS) have published revised guidelines on the diagnosis and management of disorders associated with dementia. These are dementias other than Alzheimer’s disease, such as vascular cognitive impairment, frontotemporal … Continue reading
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Cognitive Reserve and Dementia
The idea that cognitive reserve (CR) or brain reserve capacity can be neuroprotective against dementia has been discussed for approximately 2 decades. A new metastudy in PLoS highlights the positive and negative aspects and confirms the CR theory. Cognitive reserve … Continue reading
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