Undiagnosed dementia can be risky, especially when someone is hospitalized, Elizabeth Tracey reports

08/09/2025 1 min
Undiagnosed dementia can be risky, especially when someone is hospitalized, Elizabeth Tracey reports

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People who have dementia frequently aren’t diagnosed, and when such a person is hospitalized they are at much higher risk for poorer outcomes. That’s the focus of research by Halima Amjad, a geriatrics and dementia expert at Johns Hopkins. Amjad: … Undiagnosed dementia can be risky, especially when someone is hospitalized, Elizabeth Tracey reports »

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