Posts Tagged ‘MMSE’
Should Hospitals Monitor, and Work to Maintain, Patients’ Cognitive Function?
Hospitalization Linked to More Cognitive Decline in Elderly (Medscape): — “Older adults have a 2.4‑fold increase in the rate of cognitive decline after hospitalization, an increased risk that persisted after adjustment for severity of illness and length of hospital stay, according to a new study.”
Read MoreUpdate: Public Libraries as Health Clubs for the Brain
Here you have the July edition of our monthly newsletter covering cognitive health and brain fitness topics. Please remember that you can subscribe to receive this Newsletter by email, using the box at the top of this page. Public libraries have long offered the public more than books. And now, recent demographic and scientific trends are…
Read MoreThe Best Memory Tests: Mini-Mental and Beyond (Alzheimer’s Action Plan)
The Alzheimer’s Alzheimer’s Disease Action Plan — The Experts’ Guide to the Best Diagnosis and Treatment for Memory Problems, recently released in paperback. Dr. Murali Doraiswamy, one of the authors and leading Alzheimer’s expert.
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