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Lithium may reduce dementia risk. That’s the take home from a recent study in mice that garnered a lot of attention. Constantine Lyketsos, a dementia expert at Johns Hopkins, says caveat emptor.  Lyketsos: I don't believe they had any human …

Should you consider available formulations of lithium to reduce dementia risk? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

If mouse models prove to be true in humans, the element lithium may help avoid the development of dementia. Dementia expert Constantine Lyketsos at Johns Hopkins says he’s disturbed by the tenor of the coverage of this basic science discovery. …

Is lithium the key to avoiding the development of dementia? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

When given appropriate information about mammogram screenings, including benefits, harms, and who should consider screening cessation, a cohort of older women largely made rational choices for themselves, a study by Nancy Schoenborn, a geriatrics expert at Johns Hopkins, has shown. …

Information can help people decide to forgo cancer screening, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

Even when people know they can discontinue health screenings for things like cancer they often continue the practice. Nancy Schoenborn, a geriatrics expert at Johns Hopkins who studies such behaviors, says recent research on older women and breast cancer screenings …

What are the factors that keep people who won’t benefit from health screenings going? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

Just as there’s a point in life when cancer screenings should begin, so too is there a point at which they can stop. That’s usually because the likelihood that a cancer will kill you in the time you are likely …

How might you feel about being told you can stop cancer screening? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

Research on when preventive healthcare like cancer screenings should start is abundant, with some guidelines, such as for breast or colorectal cancer, pushing the time to begin screening earlier. But when should such screenings stop? That’s the focus of research …

How should preventive healthcare change as people age? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

About half of people who have dementia don’t know it, and those people are at risk for worse outcomes when they’re hospitalized. That’s according to research by Halima Amjad, a geriatrics and dementia expert at Johns Hopkins. Amjad says this …

How would you feel about being screened for dementia on a regular basis? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

Older people with undiagnosed dementia who get hospitalized experience worse outcomes than other groups of older adults who require hospitalization, a study by Halima Amjad, a dementia and geriatrics expert at Johns Hopkins, and colleagues has shown. Amjad: Focusing on …

People with dementia but no diagnosis can have more problematic hospitalizations, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

People who have dementia frequently aren’t diagnosed, and when such a person is hospitalized they are at much higher risk for poorer outcomes. That’s the focus of research by Halima Amjad, a geriatrics and dementia expert at Johns Hopkins. Amjad: …

Undiagnosed dementia can be risky, especially when someone is hospitalized, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →

Cancers continue to change, or mutate, as time goes on, often acquiring the ability to outmaneuver treatments. Valsamo Anagnostou, a cancer researcher at Johns Hopkins, has used repeated blood sampling for cancer cells with treatment strategies like radiation to stay …

Can peripheral blood sampling be combined with radiation therapy for cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more →