Older adults who have experienced a traumatic injury after a fall are 21 percent more likely to later receive a diagnosis of ...

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Other potential earlier warning signs of the cognitive impairments that lead to dementia include loss of visual sensitivity, ...

A new diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease or related dementia was more common after falls than after other traumatic injuries, ...

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A Southern California man was sentenced to prison for the attempted murder of a young girl and the sexual assault of an elderly woman. Joel James Gonzales, 28, was sentenced to 16 years and 8 ...

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In a retrospective study of Medicare claims data, researchers found dementia was more frequently diagnosed within one year of a fall compared to other types of injuries.