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FollowOn Being Sick
Musings about kindness, side effects, and slowing down Ted Burns, MD. Neurology. Originally published June 23, 2017. “Your care extends well beyond examinations, tests, and prescriptions. Enjoy your life and keep improving the lives of your patients.”
A new potential biomarker for dementia with Lewy bodies
Vincenzo Donadio, MD, PhD, Alex Incensi, BSc, Giovanni Rizzo, MD, et al. Neurology. Originally published July 25, 2017. “In autonomic skin nerves, p-syn is a sensitive biomarker for DLB diagnosis, helping to differentiate DLB from other forms of dementia, although this…
Dementia prevention, intervention, and care
Gill Livingston, MD, Andrew, Sommerlad, MSc, Vasiliki Orgeta, PhD, et al. Lancet. Originally published July 19, 2017. “Dementia is not an inevitable consequence of ageing and the Commission identifies nine potentially modifiable health and lifestyle factors from different phases of…
Atrial Fibrillation is Associated With a Worse 90-Day Outcome than Other Cardioembolic Stroke Subtypes
Nils Henniger, MD, Richard P. Goddeau, Jr, DO, Ameeta Karmarkar, MD, et al. Stroke. Originally published May 5, 2016. “This observation strongly suggests the presence of AF-specific factors that affect cardioembolic stroke severity consistent with the currently developed model that…
Blood Pressure and Risk of Vascular Dementia
Connor A. Emdin, HBSc, Peter M. Rothwell, FMedSci; Gholamreza Salimi-Khorshidi, DPhil, et al. Stroke. Originally published May 10, 2016. “Blood pressure is positively associated with risk of vascular dementia, irrespective of preceding transient ischemic attack or stroke.”