Elderly patients on dialysis have a high risk of dementia

(Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health) Older kidney disease patients who are sick enough to require the blood-filtering treatment known as dialysis are at high risk of dementia, including Alzheimer's disease, according to a study led by scientists at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news