Category: dementia
Antidepressants Accelerate Dementia
Antidepressant use and cognitive decline in patients with dementia: a national cohort study ConclusionsIn this cohort study, current antidepressant use was associated with faster cognitive decline; furthermore, higher dispensed doses of SSRIs were associated with higher risk for severe dementia, fractures, and all-cause mortality.
One More Reason to Keep Physically Fit: Frailty Precedes Dementia
Frailty trajectories preceding dementia: an individual-level analysis of four cohort studies in the United States and United Kingdom “This observational evidence suggests that frailty increases dementia risk independently of any reverse causality”.