For patients with dementia, postoperative delirium can accelerate long-term cognitive decline. Vagus nerve stimulation could reduce brain inflammation and disruptions in awareness and attention.

After surgery, some older adults don't simply recover—they unravel. Confusion, inattention, and agitation can set in, a condition known as postoperative delirium. For patients already living with ...

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The physician work force is aging fast, and some hospitals now require that older clinicians undergo testing for cognitive decline. Many have resisted.

Holly Nayler, a 5-year-old from Essex, battles CLN2 Batten disease, a rare and fatal childhood dementia. With hundreds of ...

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Former Scottish deputy first minister Jim Wallace has died after suffering complications as a result of surgery, his family ...

HOLLY Nayler was just days away from her third birthday when she suffered her first seizure. It was the earliest sign of a rare form of childhood dementia, a disease doctors would later diagnose ...

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The family were told of her diagnosis of CLN2 Battens Disease, a type of childhood dementia, on March 26, 2024, as James ...

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ROCK HILL, SC, UNITED STATES, January 20, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Homewatch CareGivers of Rock Hill is pleased to ...