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Headline citing a study that being sleepy during the day may increase your risk of pre-dementia syndrome is fraught with caveats and limitations.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 8, 2024 Source:Sleepy during the day? You may be at higher risk for a pre-dementia syndrome, study finds Reference:Association of Sleep Disturbances With Prevalent and Incident Motoric Cognitive Risk Syndrome in Community-Residing Older Adults
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Vision and hearing loss among growing list of risk factors for dementia, study says
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 7, 2024 Source:Time to get your eyes checked: Vision loss among growing list of risk factors for dementia, study says Reference:Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2024 report of the Lancet standing Commission
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Biden says the debate was a bad night. Here’s how doctors would evaluate if it was something more
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for July 8, 2024 Source:Biden says the debate was a bad night. Here’s how doctors would evaluate if it was something more
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Another food study. Please make it stop. This time that olive oil may lower risk of dementia based on questionnaires of food intake asked every four years. No way to prove causal link. Moving on….
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 13, 2024 Source:Mediterranean staple may lower your risk of death from dementia, study finds Reference:Consumption of Olive Oil and Diet Quality and Risk of Dementia-Related Death
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Norwegian’s routine jobs raise the risk of cognitive decline by 66% and dementia by 37%, observational study says. Caveats abound.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 18, 2024 Source:Routine jobs raise the risk of cognitive decline by 66% and dementia by 37%, study says Reference:Trajectories of Occupational Cognitive Demands and Risk of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia in Later Life
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Your Vision Can Predict Dementia 12 Years Before Diagnosis, Study Finds. However sensitivity and specificity are in the 60 per cent range.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 15, 2024 Source:Your Vision Can Predict Dementia 12 Years Before Diagnosis, Study Finds Reference:Visual processing speed and its association with future dementia development in a population-based prospective cohort: EPIC-Norfolk
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Time Magazine piece on treatment of early Alzheimer’s Disease lacks balance. It reads as an ad for pharma company that made it. Side effects glossed over and relative instead of absolute risk reported. Clinical outcomes overstated.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 27, 2023 Source:Why Diagnosing Alzheimer’s Early Is So Important Reference:Lecanemab for Alzheimer’s disease: tempering hype and hope
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New diagnostic test for early Alzheimer’s does not prove that you will develop the disease and requires more biomarkers to ensure accuracy.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 24, 2023 Source:Commercially available Alzheimer’s blood test could help early diagnosis
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A plausible biological mechanism is not well elucidated when study suggests long-term use of certain reflux medications is associated with a higher risk of dementia. No proof of causality and is confounded by other life factors
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 17, 2023 Source:Long-term use of certain reflux medications is associated with a higher risk of dementia, study suggests Reference:Cumulative Use of Proton Pump Inhibitors and Risk of Dementia: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study