Risk of dementia . . . and other stories
BMJ 2024; 384 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.q10 (Published 11 January 2024) Cite this as: BMJ 2024;384:q10
Dementia and coronary heart disease
People with coronary heart disease are at increased risk of both Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia, particularly if the heart disease first became apparent at a younger age. Among 400 000 participants in the UK Biobank study, risk of a new diagnosis of dementia during 13 years of follow-up rose by 25% for every 10 years of decreasing age at the onset of cardiovascular disease (J Am Heart Assoc doi:10.1161/JAHA.123.031407).
Antibiotic treatment of urinary tract infections
Nobody will be dumbstruck by the results of an analysis of routinely collected microbiology data from 12 000 patients with culture-confirmed, lower urinary tract infection. It reported that hospital admission was 10 times more likely when …
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