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Arch Dermatol Res
January 2025
School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 44106, USA.
The COVID-19 pandemic affected the timely diagnosis and treatment of many cancers, including melanoma, the fifth most common cancer in the U.S. This study aimed to quantify the disruption and recovery of melanoma detection, treatment, survival, and mortality during the pandemic by analyzing data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) program from 2000 to 2021.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The Adult Changes in Thought (ACT) study is an ongoing population-based prospective cohort study that began in 1994 and aims to identify risk and preventive factors for dementia. ACT randomly selects and enrolls Kaiser Permanente Washington (KPWA) health plan members age ≥ 65 years. Historically, the cohort make up has been 88% non-Hispanic White participants.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Amidst the global impact of COVID-19, this study delves into how restrictions and positive interactions shape children's mental images of the elderly and dementia. We organized drawing sessions with three groups to investigate the malleability of children's perceptions, offering crucial insights for future Alzheimer's research.
Method: This study gathered 848 children's drawings from 106 ten-year-old children in Flanders and the Netherlands.
Alzheimers Dement
December 2024
National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, MD, USA.
Background: Dementia-related mortality increased significantly in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Explanations for the rise in dementia-related death rates are complex and multi-factorial. Older adults with dementia often have other chronic conditions that result in increased risk of death.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The multidomain lifestyle intervention in the Finnish Geriatric Intervention Study to Prevent Cognitive Impairment and Disability (FINGER) showed positive effects on health-related quality of life (HRQL) during the 2-year intervention, particularly physical functioning. Our aim was to study how these benefits were maintained over an extended follow-up.
Method: A total of 1259 older adults aged 60-77 were randomized into multidomain intervention (n = 631) or control groups (n = 628).
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