» Vicky Johnson: brain researcher who studied the links between traumatic brain injury and neurodegenerative disease
16/10/25 17:06 from Latest headlines from BMJ
bmj;391/oct16_10/r2181/FAF1faUntil her untimely death aged 44, Scottish born Vicky Johnson, associate professor of neurosurgery at Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, led landmark international research exploring the...

» “You’re a Nobody:” An Ethnographic Analysis of the Black and African American Adult Male Perspective on Alzheimer’s Disease and the Social Determinants of Health
12/09/25 06:20 from
Dementia, Ahead of Print. Background:Black and African American (BAA) adult males have the worst overall health relative to any other race or gender in the United States. The prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease is twice as high for BAA adu...

» Agitation in individuals with Alzheimer’s disease: An assessment of behaviors using the cohen-mansfield agitation inventory in community-dwellers and impact on caregiver experience
14/05/25 12:22 from
Dementia, Ahead of Print. BackgroundAgitation is a common neuropsychiatric symptom of Alzheimer’s disease; however, limited information exists on how measurable changes in agitated behaviors relate to overall caregiver experience. We sou...

» Efficacy of exercise-based interventions in preventing falls among community-dwelling older persons with cognitive impairment: is there enough evidence? An updated systematic review and meta-analysis
11/06/21 00:00 from Age and Ageing - current issue
Abstract Objective Exercise prevents falls in the general older population, but evidence is inconclusive for older adults living with cognitive impairment. We performed an updated systematic review and meta-analysis to assess the potenti...

» Neuropsychiatric symptoms in early stage of Alzheimer’s and non-Alzheimer’s dementia, and the risk of progression to severe dementia
25/03/21 00:00 from Age and Ageing - current issue
Abstract Background Neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPSs) in early dementia have been suggested to predict a higher risk of dementia progression. However, the literature is not yet clear whether the risk is similar across Alzheimer's dementia...