Aggressive treatment to reach blood pressure targets may have adverse effects on cognitive function in patients with dementia and mild cognitive impairment (MCI), according to the results of a recent study (Mossello et al. JAMA Intern Med 2015;175:578-585). Read More
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Opioid use increasing in elderly patients with dementia
July 13, 2016A decade ago, the FDA issued a black-box warning about the increased mortality risk associated with atypical antipsychotics used to treat dementia-related psychosis; the warning was extended in 2008 to include typical antipsychotics (www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/PostmarketDrugSafetyInformationforPatientsandProviders/ucm124830.htm). Read More
APA highlights: Treatment trials in psychiatry
June 22, 2016
American Psychiatric Association annual meeting, Atlanta GA, May 14-18, 2016
RBC distribution width useful in differential diagnosis of stroke
June 15, 2016Calculating the red cell distribution width (RDW) may be useful in differentiating neurological and cerebrovascular disease, according to the results of a recent series of papers. Read More