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Adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) face a nearly threefold higher risk of dementia compared with those who do not have the neurodevelopmental condition, according to a study.

Among patients who have had a stroke, those with increased glutamic acid, aspartic acid, and gamma-aminobutyric acid and decreased glycine in plasma are more susceptible to adverse outcomes, such as death or major disability, reveals a China study.

Among type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients with and without comorbid cardiovascular disease, those who have been newly initiated to glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RA) or sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) appear to enjoy greater reductions in the risks of stroke and death when compared with new users of dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors (DPP-4i), suggests a study.

A large population-based prospective cohort study finds that loneliness is associated with increased risk of incident Parkinson’s disease (PD) across demographic groups, independently of depression and other prominent risk factors, including genetic risk.

Older adults with hypertension who are on blood pressure (BP)-lowering medications are better protected against dementia than those with untreated hypertension, and this is true across all ages in late life, according to an individual participant data meta-analysis.