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Video
11/20/2024
Gautam Dantas, PhD
In this video, Gautam Dantas, PhD, discusses the results of his study, which showed that altered gut bacteria may be an indicator of the earliest stages of Alzheimer disease. He also talks about whether...
11/20/2024
Research Summary
Research Summary
10/28/2024
Miranda Manier, BA
A study found several neuropsychiatric symptoms in patients with Alzheimer disease, such as aggression, anxiety, and disinhibition, were significantly associated with worsening functional abilities.
10/28/2024
Research Summary
Research Summary
10/10/2024
Miranda Manier, BA
A cluster-randomized controlled trial examined the impact of personalized music on reducing agitation in nursing home residents with dementia, revealing significant reductions in verbally agitated behaviors...
10/10/2024

Interactive Features

Pop Quiz
Pop Quiz
02/22/2024
In their presentation at the Practical Updates in Primary Care 2023 Virtual Series, Craig Chepke, MD, DFAPA, and Kevin Williams, MS, MPAS, PA-C reviewed the pathophysiological mechanisms of agitation...
02/22/2024
Nutritional Pearl
an elderly person's hands holding a cane
Nutritional Pearl
12/02/2023
Your patient is a 46-year-old woman with a family history of dementia and obesity. Based on her family history, she asks you if there is a way to reduce her risk of developing dementia, and a way to stay...
12/02/2023
Pop Quiz
Pop Quiz
11/11/2023
Increasing age is a risk factor for Alzheimer dementia (AD), and as the US population grows older and lives longer, new and existing cases of AD are projected to rise as well. How many older Americans are...
11/11/2023
Nutritional Pearl
Nutritional Pearl
04/16/2023
Your patient is a 56-year-old woman with a family history of dementia. She asks you if her coffee intake would increase her risk of being diagnosed with dementia in the future.
04/16/2023
Memory Disorders
Memory Disorders
01/20/2020
Many patients with Alzheimer disease may become confused, anxious, aggressive, agitated, or restless consistently in the late afternoon or early evening. Do you know when this symptom, known as sundowning,...
01/20/2020

Clinical Insights

Video
Video
11/20/2024
Gautam Dantas, PhD
In this video, Gautam Dantas, PhD, discusses the results of his study, which showed that altered gut bacteria may be an indicator of the earliest stages of Alzheimer disease. He also talks about whether...
11/20/2024
Video
Video
08/29/2024
In this video, Kasia Rothenberg, MD, PhD, describes Alzheimer disease-related agitation, details the difficulty in testing for Alzheimer disease-related agitation, looks ahead to potential treatment options...
08/29/2024
Conference Coverage
Conference Coverage
04/19/2024
In this video, Craig Chepke, MD, DFAPA, and Kevin Williams, MS, MPAS, PA-C provide the take-home messages from their session “Agitation in Alzheimer’s Dementia: Progress for an Age-Old Problem” at our...
04/19/2024
Video
Video
04/14/2024
Samar R. El Khoudary, PhD, MPH, BPharm, FAHA
In a long-term follow-up study, Samar R. El Khoudary, PhD, MPH, BPharm, FAHA, and colleagues investigated how the quantity and quality of cardiovascular fat in women with Alzheimer disease measured during...
04/14/2024