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Newest in this topic

  1. Deep cervical lymphovenous anastomosis (LVA) for Alzheimer's disease: microsurgical procedure in a prospective cohort study 2025-05-20
  2. Rates of Screening for Breast, Colorectal, and Cervical Cancers in Older People With Cognitive Impairment or Dementia: A Meta-Analysis 2018-01-01

Studies

2 studies carry this tag.

Date range

2018 to 2025

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  • Gerontology & geriatric medicine 1
  • International journal of surgery (London, England) 1

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  1. Deep cervical lymphovenous anastomosis (LVA) for Alzheimer's disease: microsurgical procedure in a prospective cohort study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. International journal of surgery (London, England) 2025-05-20 Biomarkers

    This study demonstrates that deep cervical LVA is safe and feasible procedure, showing a significant cognitive improvement in AD patients (mainly in MMSE), which needs long-term follow-up and large-scale clinical trials to verify.

  2. Rates of Screening for Breast, Colorectal, and Cervical Cancers in Older People With Cognitive Impairment or Dementia: A Meta-Analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 86 out of 100. Gerontology & geriatric medicine 2018-01-01 Biomarkers

    Studies reported data 1989-2008. The rate of screening for breast cancer by mammography was lower in women with cognitive impairment or dementia compared with those without (pooled odds ratio [OR] = 0.81, 95% confidence interval [CI] = [0.71, 0.91], p = .0007, six studies, N = 18,562).

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