Should incentives be used to help people quit unhealthy habits? NICE’s Citizens Council reveals its view NICE, 29th September 2010 Click on the title to access this information Abstract: The majority of an advisory group made up of members of the public believes that incentive systems could be an effective way of encouraging people to [...]
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Treatment of Lewy-body dementias and psychopathology, The Lancet, Neurology, Volume 9, Issue 10, October 2010, Pages 943-945 Laura Marsh Abstract: Parkinson’s disease dementia (PDD) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) share similar clinical and neuropathological features, and together these Lewybody- related dementias account for up to 20% of incident dementia cases.1 Development of dementia confers [...]
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Memantine for patients with Parkinson’s disease dementia or dementia with Lewy bodies: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, The Lancet Neurology, OCT. 2010, Vol. 9 (10) pgs 969-977 Murat Emre et al. Abstract: Background Previous studies have suggested that patients with Lewy-body-related dementias might benefit from treatment with the N-methyl D-aspartate receptor antagonist memantine, but [...]
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