The report focused on the ways in which caregivers benefit from calling helpline support, and it was published by the ...
Individuals diagnosed with cancer appear less likely to later receive a dementia diagnosis, possibly due to biological mechanisms.
Research shows a significant association between hearing aid use and fewer, less severe neuropsychiatric symptoms in patients with dementia.
New research reveals that the human brain contains a built-in pain map that activates in different regions when relieving ...
But the app is judged against subjective reports of pain. It might be useful for assessing the pain of people who can’t ...
In nursing homes, neonatal units, and ICU wards, researchers are racing to turn pain into something a camera or sensor can ...
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Monotonic increase in dementia risk with greater alcohol consumption seen in Mendelian randomization genetic analysis. HealthDay News — Alcohol use is associated with increased dementia risk, ...
Kevin Vigilante is the former Chief Medical Officer at Booz Allen Hamilton, where he also lead the Health Futures Group. Pain treatment is challenged by an impenetrable epistemological problem: We ...
Pain is hard to measure. One person’s “ouch” is another’s agony. Now, scientists say they’ve found a better way of assessing pain: putting a price on it. By translating pain into dollars, they’ve ...
Living with a sense of purpose may not just enrich life, it could also guard against dementia. A UC Davis study tracking over 13,000 adults for up to 15 years found that people with higher purpose ...