A Swedish population-based cohort study suggested that higher resting heart rate (RHR) was associated with increased risk for dementia and faster cognitive decline independent of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in a general population of elderly people. The study included 2147 participants (age≥60) who were free of dementia and regularly followed from […]
Pooled analysis of 2 US prospective cohort studies of patients with stable coronary heart disease (CHD) suggested that myocardial ischemia with mental stress, compared with no ischemia with mental stress, was significantly associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular (CV) death or nonfatal myocardial infarction (MI). The analysis included 918 […]
A US longitudinal clinical-pathologic study revealed that healthy diet is associated with cognitive resilience (defined as performing better than expected given burden of neuropathology) independently of common brain pathology in older adults. The study included 569 decedents with valid dietary data, cognitive testing proximate to death, and complete autopsy data. […]
Professor Wendy Suzuki of neural science and psychology at New York University provided tips of emotional regulation to turn everyday anxiety (not necessarily clinical disorders) into something productive. Tip number one is deep breathing, an immediate soothing mechanism. Tip number two is moving your body to get the transformative power […]
A US randomized clinical trial showed that for patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) and high anxiety, escitalopram was safe and effective for reducing anxiety. The trial included 128 outpatients (mean age 64.6 years, 29% women) with stable CHD and a diagnosed anxiety disorder between January 2016 and May 2020. […]
Dr. Markowitz at Columbia University outlined the types of therapies that are proven to work for people with a major trauma. The most common diagnosis and response to trauma is depression. A lot of other people are going to develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Other people will develop substance abuse. […]
The International Association for the Study of Pain has proposed a new term, nociplastic pain, to describe a third category of pain that is mechanistically distinct from nociceptive pain, which is caused by ongoing inflammation and damage of tissues, and neuropathic pain, which is caused by nerve damage. The mechanisms […]
A prospective UK cohort study revealed that younger age at diabetes onset was associated with higher risk of subsequent dementia. The study included 10 095 participants (67.3% men; aged 35-55 years in 1985-1988), with a total of 1710 cases of diabetes and 639 cases of dementia recorded over a median follow-up […]
A scientific statement from the American Heart Association revealed that there are good data showing clear associations between psychological health and cardiovascular disease (CVD) and risk, so called the mind-heart-body connection; there is increasing evidence that psychological health may be causally linked to biological, behavioral and psychosocial mechanisms that contribute […]
A prospective cohort study in Britain suggests that participation in leisure activities declines in the preclinical phase of dementia. The study included 8,280 participants (69% male, 91% white, mean age 55.8), participation in leisure activities (1997–99 assessment), with 18.0-year follow-up, was not associated with dementia (hazard ratio [HR] 0.92) but […]