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IntroductionWhile shared activities foster connection between people living with dementia (PLWD) and their care partners, emotional distress and daily caregiving responsibilities often make them difficult to initiate. Th...

BackgroundFrontotemporal dementia is an umbrella term that encompasses several clinical syndromes with impaired behavioral, language, and motor functions. These syndromes show considerable overlap in clinical features an...

IntroductionLate-life difficult-to-treat depression (LL-DTD) and dementia frequently coexist in later life, but it remains unclear whether clinical and sociodemographic characteristics, as well as medication exposure pat...

BackgroundDementia is a progressive neurodegenerative condition with 60.2 million cases worldwide. The disease has financial, psychological, and physical health implications for people affected and their carers. There is...

People with dementia (PwD) face cognitive decline, placing added stress on family caregivers. Challenging behaviour, such as agitation, is one of the prominent behaviours exhibited by PwD, and family caregivers are often...

IntroductionAssessing attention and frontal lobe function is essential for diagnosing dementia. The Stroop test is widely used for these purposes, and its validity and reliability have been verified. Nevertheless, test-r...

BackgroundThe landscape of neurological manifestations of HIV remains unknown after HAART is applied. This study aimed to characterize the spectrum of neurological disorders in people with HIV.MethodsThis cross-sectional...

BackgroundAlzheimer’s disease (AD), the most prevalent dementia, is primarily underpinned by the amyloid cascade hypothesis. Passive Aβ immunotherapy effectively reduces cerebral Aβ deposition but is limited by sever...

A 10-year-old patient was admitted to the pediatric sub-intensive care unit due to massive rectal bleeding and severe acute anemia. His medical background included Asperger syndrome and a history of chronic constipation ...

IntroductionEarly detection of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is critical for timely intervention, particularly during the mild cognitive impairment (MCI) stage. This study aimed to develop and evaluate a multidomain speech ...

BackgroundHip fractures in older adults are costly and often fatal. Cognitive impairment (CI) complicates pain assessment, raises delirium risk, and hinders early mobilization and rehabilitation. This review synthesizes ...

BackgroundHigh blood pressure (BP) is a known risk factor for dementia, but the relationships between BP and gross brain volumes are mixed and are understudied in groups who are at particularly high risk for dementia, su...

IntroductionAnti-amyloid antibodies have the potential to become the standard of care in Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and large datasets from clinical trials allow the testing of predictive models on fluid biomarkers and f...