News & Updates

An ageing population and a greater incidence of cognitive impairment (CI) are expected to put a strain on healthcare resources through the increased use of emergency department (ED) visits and unplanned admissions, suggests a Singapore study.

Exposure to extreme nighttime heat appears to raise the risk of stroke events especially for older adults, women, and individuals with a history of minor strokes, according to a study.

Individuals who held cognitively demanding jobs between the ages of 30 and 60 had a lower risk of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia after 70 years, findings from the HUNT4 70+ study suggest.

Parent-led, infant-directed singing does not lead to greater language development at 24 months when compared with standard care in preterm infants, according to the secondary analysis of LongSTEP*.

People who consume higher amounts of olive oil are less likely to die with dementia compared with those whose intake is minimal, as shown in a study.

Individuals who regularly eat ultra-processed foods are at greater risk of death, which is driven by causes other than cancer and cardiovascular diseases (CVD), reports a study.

A much needed scoping review was recently done by Ditan and Turalde to demonstrate that, since a decade ago when the Philippine government first directed academic and medical institutions to research on amyotrophiclateral sclerosis (ALS), there has been little effort done to follow through with that direction, much less any improvement to fight the disease in the country. [Cell 2024; 10(6):E27944]

With the aging Filipino population expected to increase in the decades to come, the country faces the challenge of taking good care of the elderly. One significant disease that plagues them is dementia, a neurocognitive disorder presenting with deterioration in cognitive function beyond what is expected from biological aging. Dementia significantly interferes with activities of daily living and social autonomy.

Remote evaluation of frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FLTD) with the use of smartphones is feasible and reliable and may help with early detection, as reported in a study.