The severity of hearing loss was linked to increased cognitive impairment, though hearing aid usage was not significantly linked to lower odds.

Military veterans with trauma-related nightmares were significantly more likely to have psychiatric disorders, clinical insomnia, and suicidality.

Adverse events and airway maneuvers/interventions were significantly more likely among patients with vs without OSA undergoing sedation.

HealthDay News — Cognitive impairment, especially in learning and memory, is more likely among people with epilepsy, according to a study published online Nov. 19 in Epilepsia Open.

Higher cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) in older adults is associated with better cognitive performance for episodic memory.

Dual use (DU) of vapes and conventional cigarettes does not appear to be a first step toward smoking cessation.

Elevated blood pressure variability (BPV), especially in older Black adults, is associated with lower cognitive scores.

AD should be treated as a clinical-biological construct, according to the IWG, not a purely biologic construct, per the AA.

Accelerated rates of brain atrophy and diabetes are both risk factors for the progression from normal cognition to mild cognitive impairment.

HealthDay News — Higher caregiving stress among reproductive-age Black women is associated with incident hypertension, according to a study published online Nov. 27 in Hypertension.

Neighborhood disadvantage is more strongly associated with measures of cardiometabolic health and cognition in those with MCI.

MS-polygenic risk score and household parental smoking negatively linked to total brain volume, thalamic volume. HealthDay News — Genetic and environmental risk factors for multiple sclerosis (MS) are ...