HIV-Associated Vacuolar Myelopathy and HIV-Associated Dementia as the Initial Manifestation of HIV/AIDS by Natalia Wuliji, Matthew J. Mandell, Jason M. Lunt, Adam Merando

“…This case highlights the importance of considering HIV testing in a patient with a sensory neuropathy and/or progressive cognitive impairment.…”
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The process of pain assessment in people with dementia living in nursing homes: a scoping review by Caroline Kreppen Overen, Maria Larsson, Adelheid Hummelvoll Hillestad, Ingela Karlsson, Siren Eriksen

“…Background: Pain is a common symptom in people with dementia living in nursing homes, but cognitive impairment, including language and communication difficulties, challenges pain assessment and the ability to self-report pain. …”
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Predictors of Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Performance in Patients with Stroke by Amin Ghaffari, Hamid Reza Rostami, Malahat Akbarfahimi

“…Stroke patients with more dependency in basic activities of daily living, older age, cognitive impairment, and depression are more opted to be dependent in instrumental activities of daily living and as a result, less participation in home and community affairs.…”
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Effects of distant biofield energy healing on adults associated with psychological and mental health-related symptoms: a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind study by Mahendra Kumar Trivedi, Alice Branton, Dahryn Trivedi, Sambhu Mondal, Snehasis Jana

“… # Results Perceived psychological symptoms/scores (fatigue/tiredness, sleep disturbances, stress, cognitive impairment, loss of memory, mental restlessness, emotional trauma, anxiety, depression, confusion, financial crises and dissatisfaction, low libido, motivation, confidence, lack of perception, relationship, and social behaviors, etc.) were significantly (p <.0001) improved in biofield intervention group compared to the naïve control and sham control groups. …”
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Disease Burden and Harm of Osteoarthritis by WU Haotian, LIN Jianhao

“…Osteoarthritis increases the risk of multiple diseases, including cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and psychological cognitive impairment, as well as the sarcopenia and fractures. …”
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Comparative analysis of developmental outcomes in very preterm infants: BSID-II versus Bayley-III German norms. by Marlene Hammerl, Martina Zimmermann, Anna Posod, Ulrike Pupp Peglow, Michaela Höck, Elke Griesmaier, Ursula Kiechl-Kohlendorfer, Vera Neubauer

“…At 24 months, only Bayley-III motor composite scores were higher than the BSID-II PDI (p<0.001). Rates of cognitive impairment were higher in the Bayley-III cohort (p = 0.013).…”
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High-fat diet triggers transcriptomic changes in the olfactory bulb by Young-Kook Kim, Danbi Jo, Seoyoon Choi, Juhyun Song

“…Metabolic imbalance contributes to cognitive impairment, anxiety, depressive behavior, and impaired olfactory perception. …”
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Environmental Factors Promoting Neural Plasticity: Insights from Animal and Human Studies by Laura Mandolesi, Francesca Gelfo, Laura Serra, Simone Montuori, Arianna Polverino, Giuseppe Curcio, Giuseppe Sorrentino

“…There are patients with advanced neurodegeneration, such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD), that, despite this, have mild cognitive impairment. What determines this interindividual difference? …”
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Effects of neurocognitive intervention in older adults. A systematic review by Elizabeth Jiménez Puig, Zoylen Fernández Fleites, Yunier Broche Pérez, Daniela Beatriz Vázquez Martínez

“…<br /><strong>Objective:</strong> to describe, through a systematic review of the scientific literature, the effects of neurocognitive intervention on cognitive health in healthy older adults, and in older adults with mild cognitive impairment or dementia. <br /><strong>Methods:</strong> a descriptive study was carried out, which consisted of a systematic review of the scientific literature on the subject; and started from the search in the databases: PubMed, PsycInfo, Scielo, Cochrane and EBSCO, from August to December 2018. …”
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Trained Innate Immunity by Repeated Low-Dose Lipopolysaccharide Injections Displays Long-Term Neuroprotective Effects by Xiao-yan Zhou, Rong Gao, Jian Hu, Da-peng Gao, Yan-ling Liao, Jian-jun Yang

“…Disrupted immune response is an important feature of many neurodegenerative conditions, including sepsis-associated cognitive impairment. Accumulating evidence has demonstrated that immune memory occurs in microglia, which has a significant impact on pathological hallmarks of neurological diseases. …”
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Prevalence, correlates and explanatory models of cognitive deficits in patients with schizophrenia—A cross sectional study by Chithra Uppinkudru, Rajesh Gopalakrishnan, Joseph Noel, Anju Kuruvilla

“…Though the majority (81.4%) of patients reported a medical explanatory model for cognitive impairment, a significant number of them (70.7%) also held non-medical models simultaneously. …”
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Neurocognitive Impairment and HIV Treatment Engagement in Men Who Have Sex With Men Living With HIV Who Report Chronic Pain and Substance Use by Matthew C. Sullivan, Megan R. Wirtz, Samantha M. McKetchnie, Lauren R. Gulbicki, S. Wade Taylor, Jonathan D. Jampel, Nikhil Banerjee, Conall O’Cleirigh

“…Self-reported cognitive impairment was associated with more missed HIV-care visits (B = 0.20, t (59) = 4.82, p < 0.001) and greater functional disability, whereas poorer semantic fluency was associated with fewer missed HIV-care visits (B = −0.49, t (59) = −3.99, p < 0.001). …”
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Neuromodulation: clinical advances and future perspectives by ZHANG Jian⁃guo, XIE Hu⁃tao, YANG An⁃chao

“…It analyzes their efficacy and potential in the fields of movement disorders, epilepsy, pain, cognitive impairment, and neurorehabilitation. Additionally, it explores the integration trend between neuromodulation and brain⁃computer interface (BCI), pointing out that closed⁃loop neuromodulation has become an important component of BCI, providing new approaches for precise treatment and individualized modulation. …”
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Serum Glycoproteomics and Identification of Potential Mechanisms Underlying Alzheimer’s Disease by Naphatthakarn Kerdsaeng, Sittiruk Roytrakul, Suwannee Chanprasertyothin, Piangporn Charernwat, Sirintorn Chansirikarnjana, Piyamitr Sritara, Jintana Sirivarasai

“…Study participants included outpatients with clinically diagnosed AD (N=136) and healthy controls without cognitive impairment (N=183). Blood samples were collected from all participants for biochemical analysis and for Apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotyping by real-time TaqMan PCR assays. …”
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Association between Pan‐Immune Inflammation Value and Sarcopenia in Hypertensive Patients, NHANES 1999–2018 by Lu Long, Bingquan Xiong, Zhidan Luo, Haiyan Yang, Qiang She

“…ABSTRACT Sarcopenia worsens the prognosis in hypertensive patients, leading to complications such as proteinuria, osteoporosis, disability, and cognitive impairment. Early screening and intervention for sarcopenia in these patients may improve outcomes. …”
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Role of insulin-like growth factor-2 in Alzheimer’s disease induced memory impairment and underlying mechanisms by Ruiqi Chen, Xing Lu, Anqi Xiao, Junpeng Ma, Junpeng Ma

“…Given that structural losses are assumed to be the root cause of cognitive impairment in AD, strengthening neurotrophic pathways may be a useful preventative therapeutic approach. …”
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Effect of Morning vs Evening Strength Training on Sleep Quality in Young Healthy Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Abhinandan C Y, Sushma S

“… Background Lack of quality sleep increases the risks of mortality cognitive impairment and depression. Pre sleep exercise can disrupt sleep onset as it can lead to high physiological excitement at bed time. …”
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Analysis of the current situation and risk factors of frailty in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes (老年2型糖尿病患者衰弱现状及影响因素分析) by LI Li (李莉), YING Yanping (应燕萍)

“…Factors such as sleep duration at night, depression, regular exercise, and cognitive impairment can be targeted for intervention. Screening elderly patients with type 2 diabetes for early signs of frailty and addressing risk factors through specific interventions can help slow down the progression of frailty. …”
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Urgent care for patients with dementia: a scoping review of associated factors and stakeholder experiences by Rebecca Barnes, Penny Xanthopoulou, Jemima Dooley, Matthew Booker

“…Objectives People with dementia are more vulnerable to complications in urgent health situations due to older age, increased comorbidity, higher dependency on others and cognitive impairment. This review explored the factors associated with urgent care use in dementia and the experiences of people with dementia, informal carers and professionals.Design Scoping review. …”
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Clinical manifestations and outcomes of patients with intravascular large B-cell lymphoma with neurological involvement: highlighting longitudinally extensive myelopathy as a disti... by Jiraporn Jitprapaikulsan, Ekdanai Uawithya, Palakorn Lertsakworakul, Weerapat Owatthanapanich

“…Categorical variables were compared using the χ² or Fisher’s exact test, while continuous variables were analysed with the Mann-Whitney U test, as appropriate.Results Of the 30 patients with IVLBCL, 10 had neurological involvement and 20 without neurological symptoms, including myelopathy (5 patients, 50%); cognitive impairment (3 patients, 30%); seizures (2 patients, 20%); optic neuropathy, hemiparesis, homonymous hemianopia, vertigo and global aphasia (each affecting 1 patient, 10%). 60% of IVLBCL with neurological involvement had systemic symptoms, including prolonged fever, anaemia, anorexia and weight loss. …”
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