Patient’s symptoms recur in rare case of déjà vécu
Memory impairment is relatively common in dementia, but Australian doctors have reported an unusual case of recollective confabulation coupled with the rare phenomenon known as…
Tag: Geriatrics
Warning over OTC cold remedy use in elderly patients: case
Doctors have been urged to consider cold and flu tablets as a cause of geriatric seizure cases after an elderly man experienced a new-onset seizure…
Alzheimer’s treatment slows cognitive decline by a third, drug maker reports
Another experimental monoclonal antibody has shown promise in treating early Alzheimer’s disease, with Eli Lilly announcing its candidate can slow cognitive decline by a third…
GP escapes referral over fitness-to-drive road death
A GP has escaped referral to the Medical Board of Australia, after an elderly patient apparently “doctor shopped” to retain his licence before causing a…
Losing weight ‘ups risk of death’ among healthy older patients
Healthy older adults who lose more than 10% of their body weight are more than twice as likely to die from any cause compared with…
Alzheimer’s cure: Have we seen the resurrection of the amyloid hypothesis?
Billions of dollars in research. Hundreds of failed experiments. Half a dozen competing theories. The search for an effective dementia treatment has proven expensive and…
Widely used dementia screening tool updated for patients with impaired hearing
Doctors have successfully adapted a widely used cognitive screening test to make it suitable for patients with hearing loss emphasising written instructions rather than spoken…
Coroner blames ‘rushed’ move to electronic charts for patient death
A move from paper to electronic charts in an aged care home led to a fatal medication error after two patients were mixed up, a GP…
Cochlear implants linked to improved cognitive function: study
Cochlear implants may lead to “clinically meaningful” improvements in cognition in over-55s with severe hearing loss who are at risk of mild cognitive impairment, a…
Even mild concussions linked to impaired cognition in later life
Three or more concussions over a lifetime can lead to cognitive problems later on in life, such as impaired concentration and executive function, an Australian-led…
