Showing posts with label alzheimer's disease. Show all posts
Showing posts with label alzheimer's disease. Show all posts

Friday, 26 September 2008

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND DEMENTIA ANNUAL EVIDENCE UPDATE 2008

The Later Life Specialist Library's Alzheimer's Disease and
Dementia Annual Evidence Update aims to provide healthcare
professionals with a clear path to the most important recent
evidence surrounding the five major types of dementias:
Alzheimer's; Vascular dementia; Dementia with lewy bodies;
Frontotemporal dementia; and mixed dementias.

The Dementia AEU provides bibliographies and clinical commentary on secondary research (systematic reviews, meta analyses and guidelines) from the last 14 months for the following topics: 1. Definitions, Diagnosis and screening; 2. Risk factors and aetiology; 3. Pharmacological treatments; 4. Non-pharmacological treatments; 5. Rehabilitation, practice and care standards; 6. Evidence on other Dementias. Full details can be found here.