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Clustering populations by health and social care with multiple long-term conditions: a cohort study - the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA)
CONCLUSION: This study identified MLTC clusters by social care need with the highest primary care demand. Targeting clinical practice to prevent MLTC progression for these groups may lessen future pressures on primary care demand.PMID:37479312 | DOI:10.3399/bjgp23X734337
Source: The British Journal of General Practice - July 21, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Hajira Dambha-Miller Yvonne Nartey Nusrat Khan Glenn Simpson Sharon Lin Ralph Akyea Andrew Farmer Source Type: research

Telephone assistance for neurological diseases: a systematic review
CONCLUSIONS: Dementias are the diseases with more bibliographic references on their telephone assistance despite not being the most prevalent. The telephone is frequently used to administer diagnostic scales or support caregivers and is particularly useful in diseases that limit mobility and attending a medical practice.PMID:37466132 | DOI:10.33588/rn.7703.2022284
Source: Revista de Neurologia - July 19, 2023 Category: Neurology Authors: J M Trejo-Gabriel-Gal án E Cubo-Delgado Source Type: research

Sleep Architecture, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, and Cognitive Function in Adults
CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: This study found that better sleep consolidation and the absence of OSA were associated with better global cognition over 5 years of follow-up. These findings suggest that the role of interventions to improve sleep for maintaining cognitive function requires investigation.PMID:37462968 | DOI:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.25152
Source: Atherosclerosis - July 18, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Matthew P Pase Stephanie Harrison Jeffrey R Misialek Christopher E Kline Marina Cavuoto Andree-Ann Baril Stephanie Yiallourou Alycia Bisson Dibya Himali Yue Leng Qiong Yang Sudha Seshadri Alexa Beiser Rebecca F Gottesman Susan Redline Oscar Lopez Pamela L Source Type: research

Scientists Are Just Beginning to Understand COVID-19 ’ s Effect On the Brain
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, doctors started to notice something striking. For what was originally described as a respiratory virus, SARS-CoV-2 seemed to have a strong effect on the brain, causing everything from loss of taste and smell and brain fog to, in serious cases, stroke. NYU Langone Health, a New York city research hospital, started collating those anecdotes in hopes of better understanding how the virus affects the brain and nervous system. Years later, the project has morphed from focusing solely on acute symptoms to also tracking the long-term neurologic issues that some people with Long COVID experience, sa...
Source: TIME: Health - July 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Using MemTrax memory test to screen for post-stroke cognitive impairment after ischemic stroke: a cross-sectional study
ConclusionMemTrax (MTx) is valid and effective for screening for PSCI among target patients and is a potentially valuable and practical tool in the clinical follow-up, monitoring, and case management of PSCI.
Source: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience - July 17, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research

Beware! We are Skating on a Thin Ice: Air Pollution is a Killer
J Assoc Physicians India. 2023 Jul;71(7):11-12.ABSTRACTAir pollution has rapidly emerged as a major environmental hazard in recent times, with potentially catastrophic ramifications for human health.1,2 It has the ability to severely and adversely impact multiple body systems, including the central nervous system (CNS), cardiovascular, dermatological, respiratory, ophthalmologic, and gastrointestinal health. It is a global public health hazard, being responsible for an estimated 6.7 million deaths worldwide in 2016. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that between 3.2 to 4.8 million persons succumb yearly because...
Source: Journal of the Association of Physicians of India - July 14, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Man M Mehndiratta Divyani Garg Source Type: research