All patients aged 75 or over are being screened for dementia by a doctor on admission to the county’s acute hospitals.

All patients aged 75 or over are being screened for dementia by a doctor on admission to Shropshire’s acute hospitals. A new ...

Compared to all-cause acute care and the general population, cannabis-related acute care is associated with a higher 5-year dementia risk.

New research found that older individuals who visited the hospital for cannabis-related reasons could be at a higher risk of developing dementia. Canadian researcher Daniel Myran discusses the ...

Now, a large-scale study has linked heavy cannabis use with an increased risk of dementia. People aged over 45 who needed acute hospital care due to cannabis use had a 72% greater risk of ...

5% and 19% of individuals aged 45 years or older with treatment for cannabis in acute care were diagnosed with dementia within five and 10 years, respectively, compared to 3.6% and 14.8% in ...

Read about the findings of a Care Quality Commission report on the experiences of people with dementia using healthcare ...

The researchers analyzed health data provided by the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Services (ICES) to compare new diagnoses of dementia for individuals with cannabis use that required acute care ...

They compared the diagnosis of incident dementia between patients receiving acute care for cannabis use and three other groups: Matched patients receiving all-cause acute care, the matched general ...

Health data held at ICES were used to compare new diagnoses of dementia for individuals with patterns of cannabis use that required acute care, defined as a visit to the emergency department (ED ...