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Raj C. Shah

Rush University Medical Center
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Diagnosis and management of dementia

Z Arvanitakis, RC Shah, DA Bennett - Jama, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Worldwide, 47 million people live with dementia and, by 2050, the number is
expected to increase to 131 million. Observations Dementia is an acquired loss of cognition …

The relation of cigarette smoking to incident Alzheimer's disease in a biracial urban community population

NT Aggarwal, JL Bienias, DA Bennett, RS Wilson… - …, 2006 - karger.com
The relationship between smoking status and incident Alzheimer's disease (AD) was
investigated in a random stratified sample of a biracial community in Chicago. Analyses are …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of aspirin on cardiovascular events and bleeding in the healthy elderly

JJ McNeil, R Wolfe, RL Woods… - … England Journal of …, 2018 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Aspirin is a well-established therapy for the secondary prevention of
cardiovascular events. However, its role in the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of aspirin on all-cause mortality in the healthy elderly

JJ McNeil, MR Nelson, RL Woods… - … England Journal of …, 2018 - Mass Medical Soc
Background In the primary analysis of the Aspirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly
(ASPREE) trial, now published in the Journal, we report that the daily use of aspirin did not …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of aspirin on disability-free survival in the healthy elderly

JJ McNeil, RL Woods, MR Nelson… - … England Journal of …, 2018 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Information on the use of aspirin to increase healthy independent life span in
older persons is limited. Whether 5 years of daily low-dose aspirin therapy would extend …

Exercise training for persons with Alzheimer's disease and caregivers: a review of dyadic exercise interventions

G Lamotte, RC Shah, O Lazarov… - Journal of motor …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia and the prevalence will
increase dramatically in the next decades. Although exercise has shown benefits for people …

Change in body mass index and risk of incident Alzheimer disease

AS Buchman, RS Wilson, JL Bienias, RC Shah… - Neurology, 2005 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To examine the association of change in body mass index (BMI) with risk of
Alzheimer disease (AD). Methods: Nine hundred eighteen older Catholic clergy participating …

[HTML][HTML] Plasma exosomal miRNAs in persons with and without Alzheimer disease: altered expression and prospects for biomarkers

G Lugli, AM Cohen, DA Bennett, RC Shah, CJ Fields… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
To assess the value of exosomal miRNAs as biomarkers for Alzheimer disease (AD), the
expression of microRNAs was measured in a plasma fraction enriched in exosomes by …

Detailed comparison of amyloid PET and CSF biomarkers for identifying early Alzheimer disease

S Palmqvist, H Zetterberg, N Mattsson, P Johansson… - Neurology, 2015 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To compare the diagnostic accuracy of CSF biomarkers and amyloid PET for
diagnosing early-stage Alzheimer disease (AD). Methods: From the prospective, longitudinal …

A commonly carried allele of the obesity-related FTO gene is associated with reduced brain volume in the healthy elderly

AJ Ho, JL Stein, X Hua, S Lee… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
A recently identified variant within the fat mass and obesity-associated (FTO) gene is carried
by 46% of Western Europeans and is associated with an~ 1.2 kg higher weight, on average …