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Online assessment of risk factors for dementia and cognitive function in healthy adults
ConclusionKnown modifiable risk factors for dementia are associated with cognitive performance in non‐demented individuals in late midlife and older age. This provides further support for public health interventions that seek to manage these risk factors across the lifespan.
Source: International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry - September 27, 2017 Category: Geriatrics Authors: J. Huntley, A. Corbett, K. Wesnes, H. Brooker, R. Stenton, A. Hampshire, C. Ballard Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research

Cognitive function and disability in late life: an ecological validation of the 10/66 battery of cognitive tests among community‐dwelling older adults in South India
ConclusionsLower scores on individual domains of the 10/66 battery of cognitive tests are associated with higher levels of disability and functional impairment in community‐dwelling older adults. These culture and education fair tests are suitable for use in population‐based research in India.
Source: International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry - December 17, 2015 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Murali Krishna, Eunice Beulah, Steven Jones, Rajesh Sundarachari, Saroja A, Kalyanaraman Kumaran, S. C. Karat, J. R. M. Copeland, Martin Prince, Caroline Fall Tags: Research Article Source Type: research

Depression as a risk factor for cognitive impairment in later life: the Health In Men cohort study
ConclusionsThe lack of association between past depression and cognitive impairment suggests that the link between depression and cognitive impairment is not causal and that the presence of clinically significant depressive symptoms in later life may herald the onset of cognitive impairment in at least some people. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Source: International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry - August 17, 2015 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Osvaldo P. Almeida, Graeme J. Hankey, Bu B. Yeap, Jonathan Golledge, Leon Flicker Tags: Research Article Source Type: research

Physical activity in the elderly is associated with improved executive function and processing speed: the LADIS Study
ConclusionOur findings confirm previous findings of a positive effect of physical activity on cognitive functions in elderly subjects, and further extends these by showing that the association is also present in patients with ARWMC. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Source: International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry - November 3, 2014 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Kristian Steen Frederiksen, Ana Verdelho, Sofia Madureira, Hansjörg Bäzner, John T. O'Brien, Franz Fazekas, Philip Scheltens, Reinhold Schmidt, Anders Wallin, Lars‐Olof Wahlund, Timo Erkinjunttii, Anna Poggesi, Leonardo Pantoni, Domenico Inzitari, Gun Tags: Research Article Source Type: research