Download full-text PDF |
Source |
---|
Clin Interv Aging
January 2025
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University Dezhou Hospital, Dezhou, Shandong, 253000, People's Republic of China.
Background: This study investigates the correlation between the weight-adjusted waist index (WWI) and cognitive performance in the senior American population, focusing on those without diabetes from 2011 to 2014.
Methods: We analyzed data from the 2011-2012 and 2013-2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES), focusing on non-diabetic participants aged 60 and older who completed cognitive tests: Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's disease (CERAD), the Animal Fluency test (AFT), and Digit Symbol Substitution test (DSST). WWI was calculated using waist circumference divided by the square root of body weight.
JMIR Cancer
January 2025
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States.
Background: Early-stage breast cancer has the complex challenge of carrying a favorable prognosis with multiple treatment options, including breast-conserving surgery (BCS) or mastectomy. Social media is increasingly used as a source of information and as a decision tool for patients, and awareness of these conversations is important for patient counseling.
Objective: The goal of this study was to compare sentiments and associated emotions in social media discussions surrounding BCS and mastectomy using natural language processing (NLP).
Sci Rep
January 2025
School of Government, University of International Business and Economics, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100029, P. R. China.
Overactive bladder (OAB) is a prevalent condition among older adults and may be linked to cognitive health. This study explored a relationship between OAB and cognitive health among adults aged 60 ≥ years in the United States, using NHANES 2011-2014. A cross-sectional analysis was conducted using a nationally representative sample of 2,324 (45.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTorture
January 2025
Editorial Assistant, International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims. Correspondence to
After years of legal battles, three Iraqi survivors of torture in the Abu Ghraib prison have secured justice in a historic victory in U.S. courts.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGerontologist
January 2025
Department of Sociology, Yale University, 493 College Street, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA.
Background And Objectives: The heterogeneity of population-based trajectories of care recipients' (CRs) cognitive functioning and how they are associated with their caregivers' mental health is less studied in the United States. Informed by the stress process model, this study examines the relationship between care recipients' cognitive trajectories and caregivers' depressive symptoms, and the mediating role of caregiving burden.
Research Design And Methods: Data were from the National Health and Aging Trends Study (2011-2020) for 1,086 care recipients and their 1,675 caregivers from the 2021 National Study of Caregiving.
Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!