Can Doctors Estimate Life Expectancy After a Dementia Diagnosis?
Dementia reduces life expectancy by about 2 years for those diagnosed at age 85, 3 to 4 years for those diagnosed at 80, and up to 13 years with a diagnosis at 65, researchers reported in a study published Jan. 8 in The BMJ.
Estimating Life Expectancy After a Dementia Diagnosis
Learn how long men and women tend to live after a dementia diagnosis and why the time of nursing home admission is a crucial detail for researchers.
Dementia diagnosis: How long do patients really live?
The average life expectancy of people diagnosed with dementia ranges from nine years at age 60 to 4.5 years at age 85 for women and from 6.5 to just over two years, respectively, in men, finds a systematic review of the latest evidence in The BMJ.
Shocking Study Unveils Life Expectancy After Dementia Diagnosis
Discover shocking insights from a new study revealing life expectancy after dementia diagnosis key survival factors like age and location and the growing global impact of this condition
Here's How Many Years You Can Expect to Live After Dementia Diagnosis
The average life expectancy figures from diagnosis varied from 2.2 years for men diagnosed in their mid-80s, to 8.9 years for women diagnosed around the age of 60. Such a broad range of outcomes could affect all kinds of decisions about life planning and future care.
How does dementia diagnosis at different ages affect life expectancy? Study decodes
About 10 million people worldwide receive a diagnosis of dementia every year, but survival estimates vary widely
Doctors Gave AI Chatbots a Cognitive Test. Their Diagnosis? Early Dementia.
Neurologists hope this tongue-in-cheek study will spark serious conversations about AI's limitations and the benefits of a human touch in medicine.
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How a person walks may flag Alzheimer's or other type of dementia
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New dementia tool predicts when symptoms will start: ‘Would you want to know?’
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