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 ...

Clinical studies have demonstrated a strong association between Alzheimer's disease (AD) and delirium. A change to the Tau protein, which can lead to the formation of tangles in brain, is one of the ...

For patients with dementia, postoperative delirium can accelerate long-term cognitive decline. Vagus nerve stimulation could ...

Intranasal insulin may help reduce the incidence of postoperative delirium, cognitive dysfunction, and neuroinflammation in adults, a new meta-analysis suggests.

A modified version of an evidence-based delirium-prevention intervention cut the risk for postoperative delirium in elderly surgical patients by more than half and significantly shortened median ...

Elderly patients with a history of sleep apnea may be more likely to experience postoperative delirium, according to a study published in the April issue of Anesthesiology. Researchers initially ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Depressive symptoms were associated with underlying Alzheimer’s disease pathology and postoperative delirium in ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Elderly patients who carry the apolipoprotein E (APOE) e4 allele, a gene mutation implicated in Alzheimer's disease, are at increased risk for experiencing early delirium ...

Researchers from the Harvard Medical School-affiliated Hebrew SeniorLife Institute for Aging Research (IFAR), in collaboration with scientists from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brigham and ...

A new study in patients reveals that two newly identified plasma biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease can predict postoperative delirium, one of the most common postoperative complications in older ...