Clinician / health professional
Processing-speed brain training with booster sessions was linked to a lower dementia diagnosis risk over 20 years, according to a long follow-up study. The findings come from extended tracking of a large randomised controlled trial, where participants were assigned by chance to different training programmes or no intervention. Researchers linked trial records to US Medicare [...]
The Scottish Medicines Consortium has declined to recommend the Alzheimer's therapy donanemab (Kisunla, Eli Lilly) for early-stage disease in NHS Scotland. The decision affects patients with mild cognitive impairment and mild dementia caused by Alzheimer's disease who are apolipoprotein E epsilon 4 heterozygotes or non-carriers, a genetic marker. The consortium cited uncertainty over clinical relevance [...]
Analysis of over 36,000 people with high blood pressure has shown that taking more steps, even below the recommended daily target of 10,000 steps, and walking faster, is associated with a significant reduction in the risk of major problems of the heart and blood vessels. The study found that compared to a daily step count [...]
A common diabetes drug can reduce the pain of people with knee osteoarthritis and overweight or obesity, possibly delaying the need for knee replacements, new research has found. Metformin, which is commonly prescribed to treat type 2 diabetes, reduced knee arthritis pain over six months in a clinical trial. The randomised clinical trial looked at [...]
Researchers have developed a technology that enables the diagnosis of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis within 10 minutes using synovial fluid. According to some studies, over 50 per cent of the population aged 65 and older experience symptoms of osteoarthritis, while rheumatoid arthritis is known to be a serious chronic disease that affects approximately one in [...]
Researchers have found that both low and moderate-high intensity exercise could be valuable tools in the fight against Alzheimer’s. The new research describes the results of the EXERT study (Exercise in Adults with Mild Memory Problems), a multi-site clinical trial of lower or moderate-high intensity exercise in sedentary older adults with amnestic mild cognitive impairment, [...]
New research has revealed that a patient’s muscle quality before total hip arthroplasty may predict their risk of such suboptimal recovery after surgery. Hip replacement surgery, or total hip arthroplasty (THA), can lessen pain and improve function in individuals with hip osteoarthritis, but some patients continue to experience long-term physical deficits - including muscle weakness, [...]
