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TL;DR: A 2026 cross-sectional study in BMC Geriatrics found that 43.9% of 945 older adults in Nepal’s Sudurpaschim Province screened positive for geriatric depression, and depression was linked to lower quality-of-life scores across every WHOQoL-8 domain. Key…
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TL;DR: A 2026 study in Journal of Medical Case Reports described a 71-year-old breast-cancer survivor whose Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a cognitive screening test, increased from 16 to 20 and whose 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15), a depre…
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TL;DR: A 2026 medRxiv preprint found that specific AD8 dementia-screening items, especially judgment, repetition, finances, tool use, and daily memory problems, tracked functional and psychosocial vulnerability in 144 Chinese-speaking older adults. Key Finding…
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