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<乌鸦传媒>Gout May Protect Against Alzheimer's Disease

Study showed AD incidence higher over 5 years for patients without gout.

<乌鸦传媒>Dementia Tied to More ICD Placements

Dementia patients get more implantable cardioverter-defibrillators than expected, and even cognitively normal individuals may not understand their options about cardiac device replacement.

<乌鸦传媒>Anti-Amyloid Drug Has Mixed Results

COPENHAGEN -- The amyloid plaque-busting drug crenezumab for Alzheimer's disease slowed cognitive decline in patients with mild baseline impairment but missed its primary endpoint in a phase II trial.

<乌鸦传媒>HTN May Halt Dementia in Very Elderly

COPENHAGEN -- Among individuals who developed hypertension at age 90 or later, their risk of also developing dementia was dramatically lower than other very elderly people whose blood pressure remained normal.

<乌鸦传媒>APA Meeting Highlights Mental Health Biology

NEW YORK CITY -- The biological basis for normal and abnormal mental function is emerging as a dominant theme in psychiatry research, and the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting that starts here Saturday won't be an exception.

<乌鸦传媒>MoCA Beats MMSE to Assess Dementia

NEW ORLEANS -- The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) was better than the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) at teasing out subtle differences in cognitive performance among mildly impaired individuals, researchers reported here.

<乌鸦传媒>APA Leaders Defend New Diagnostic Guide

SAN FRANCISCO -- The fifth edition of the "psychiatrist's bible" was officially released here in all its 947-page glory, with its developers offering a spirited rebuttal to their critics.

<乌鸦传媒>Close-Up: When Hospice Patients Live Too Long

Across the country, Medicare is cracking down on the hospice industry's growing habit of embracing those whose deaths aren't imminent.

<乌鸦传媒>DSM-5: What's In, What's Out

PHILADELPHIA -- Reports here provided what may be the last public update on DSM-5, the next edition of American psychiatry's diagnostic guide, before it is formally released in May 2013.

<乌鸦传媒>Brain Takes Multiple Hits from Low B12 Levels

Low levels of vitamin B12 may contribute to cognitive problems for older adults in more than one way, according to a cross-sectional study.

<乌鸦传媒>FDA Blocks Sale of Supplements for Parkinson's and Alzheimer's

WASHINGTON -- The FDA filed a permanent injunction against two Minnesota companies that distributed amino acid products marketed as treatments for Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, and a number of other neurological disorders.

<乌鸦传媒>The Top 10 Medical Advances of the Decade

From genome to hormones, doctors pick the top medical advances of the decade.

<乌鸦传媒>Recall of Three Little Words Helps Quick Diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment

ATLANTA -- Mild cognitive impairment can be determined in less than five minutes with a three-word memory test and a clock- drawing task, according to researchers here. The words are apple, penny, and table.

<乌鸦传媒>Accelerated Weight Loss May Signal Imminent Dementia Onset

ST. LOUIS -- An early warning sign for Alzheimer's disease could be accelerated weight loss, found a study of aging and memory.

<乌鸦传媒>Blood Clots Linked to Alzheimer's and Vascular Dementias

MANCHESTER, England 芒鈧€� Spontaneous cerebral blood clots were detected at similar rates in patients with Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia, suggesting a common pathology and a potentially preventable or treatable cause for some dementias, researchers here said.

<乌鸦传媒>FDA Warns of Excess Mortality to Elderly With Antipsychotics

WASHINGTON-The FDA has issued a public health advisory on the entire class of atypical antipsychotic drugs, pointing to an apparent excess of mortality for older patients with dementia, particularly when the agents are used off-label to treat behavioral disorders.