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Each study has a usefulness score out of 100 (rubric version 4.0). Tap a score to see what makes it up.

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  1. Progression of cerebral small vessel disease in relation to risk factors and cognitive consequences: Rotterdam Scan study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Stroke 2008-07-17 Vascular contributions

    Higher age, female sex, cigarette smoking, elevated blood pressure, and baseline lesion load were associated with small vessel disease progression.

  2. Dementia and dysphagia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.) 2008-07-01 Clinical safety

    In 2004, more than 12% of the population in the United States was aged 65 years or older.

  3. Predictors of well-being in bereaved former hospice caregivers: the role of caregiving stressors, appraisals, and social resources

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Palliative & supportive care 2008-06-01 End-of-life care

    Our results indicated that patient diagnosis (cancer or dementia) and caregiver appraisals (stressfulness of functional impairment and positive aspects of caregiving) were not predictors on any of our well-being outcomes.

  4. The clinical diagnostic utility of transcranial magnetic stimulation: report of an IFCN committee

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology 2007-12-11 Vascular contributions

    The review focuses on the clinical diagnostic utility of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS).

  5. Nonpharmacological cognitive interventions in aging and dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology 2007-12-01 Prevention trials

    There have been increasing efforts to develop cognitive interventions to ameliorate cognitive problems experienced by older adults.

  6. The effects of tobacco smoke and nicotine on cognition and the brain

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Neuropsychology review 2007-08-10 Vascular contributions

    Tobacco smoke consists of thousands of compounds including nicotine.

  7. Doing as much as I can do: the meaning of activity for people with dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Aging & mental health 2007-07-01 Clinical safety

    While it is assumed that persons with dementia benefit from being involved in meaningful activity, research examining this claim is limited.

  8. Forget me not: palliative care for people with dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Postgraduate medical journal 2007-06-01 End-of-life care

    Dementia is a progressive life limiting condition with increasing prevalence and complex needs.

  9. The effects of stress and stress hormones on human cognition: Implications for the field of brain and cognition

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Brain and cognition 2007-04-26 Hippocampus size on brain scans

    In this review, we report on studies that have assessed the effects of exogenous and endogenous increases in stress hormones on human cognitive performance.

  10. Would we rather lose our life than lose our self? Lessons from the Dutch debate on euthanasia for patients with dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. The American journal of bioethics : AJOB 2007-04-01 End-of-life care

    This article reviews the Dutch societal debate on euthanasia/assisted suicide in dementia cases, specifically Alzheimer's disease.

  11. Aging effects on cerebral blood and cerebrospinal fluid flows

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism 2007-02-21 Vascular contributions

    Phase-contrast magnetic resonance imaging (PC-MRI) is a noninvasive reliable technique, which enables quantification of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and total cerebral blood flows (tCBF).

  12. Hippocampal damage and memory impairments as possible early brain complications of type 2 diabetes

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Diabetologia 2007-02-14 Hippocampus size on brain scans

    These results suggest that the medial temporal lobe may be the first brain site affected by type 2 diabetes and that individuals in poorer metabolic control may be affected to a greater extent.

  13. Recognizing delirium superimposed on dementia: assessing nurses' knowledge using case vignettes

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Journal of gerontological nursing 2007-02-01 Clinical safety

    Delirium is a serious and prevalent problem that occurs in many hospitalized older adults.

  14. Three methods of assessing values for advance care planning: comparing persons with and without dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Journal of aging and health 2007-02-01 End-of-life care

    Advance care planning ideally includes communication about values between patients, family members, and care providers.

  15. Palliative care for the older adult

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Journal of palliative medicine 2007-02-01 End-of-life care

    The majority of deaths in the United States occur in the geriatric population.

  16. Prospective reports of chronic life stress predict decreased grey matter volume in the hippocampus

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. NeuroImage 2007-02-01 Hippocampus size on brain scans

    Chronic stress in non-human animals decreases the volume of the hippocampus, a brain region that supports learning and memory and that regulates neuroendocrine activity.

  17. Nutritional status determinants and cognition in the elderly

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Archives of gerontology and geriatrics 2007-01-01 Prevention trials

    It is possible to identify risks or protective factors against dementia.

  18. Hippocampus volume loss due to chronic heavy drinking

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research 2006-11-01 Hippocampus size on brain scans

    These data support the view that heavy drinking exerts a unique and selectively injurious effect on the hippocampus.

  19. Long-term neurocognitive function after critical illness

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Chest 2006-09-01 Clinical safety

    Current research indicates that neurocognitive sequelae following critical illness are common, may be permanent, and are associated with impairments in daily function, decreased quality of life, and an inability to return to work.

  20. Understanding the moral distress of nurses witnessing medically futile care

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Oncology nursing forum 2006-09-01 End-of-life care

    Instances of futile care evoke strong emotional responses from nurses, and nurses require support in dealing with their distress.

  21. Reasons for admission to hospital for Parkinson's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Internal medicine journal 2006-08-01 Clinical safety

    The management of Parkinson's disease (PD) tends to focus on the presenting motor syndrome; yet, in the long term, nonmotor complications of the illness and complications of treatment become increasingly troublesome.

  22. Extrahippocampal contributions to age differences in human spatial navigation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) 2006-07-20 Hippocampus size on brain scans

    The hippocampus (HC) and associated neural structures are hypothesized to contribute to individual differences in human spatial navigation.

  23. The "posture second" strategy: a review of wrong priorities in Parkinson's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Journal of the neurological sciences 2006-06-27 Clinical safety

    Falls are common in Parkinson's disease.

  24. The anorexia of aging in humans

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Physiology & behavior 2006-06-01 Clinical safety

    Energy intake is reduced in older individuals, with several lines of evidence suggesting that both physiological impairment of food intake regulation and non-physiological mechanisms are important.

  25. Cognitive abnormalities in post-traumatic stress disorder

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Trends in cognitive sciences 2006-05-12 Hippocampus size on brain scans

    Characteristically arising in response to overwhelmingly terrifying events, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a disorder of memory: sufferers seemingly relive their trauma in the form of involuntary recollection.

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