Can a Serious Infection Increase the Risk of Developing Dementia?

Minding Memory

In this episode, Lauren and Matt talk with Leah Richmond-Rakerd, PhD who is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on emotional and behavioral dysregulation across the life course. Here, Dr. Richmond-Rakerd will discuss her recent study on “The Associations of Hospital-Treated Infections with Subsequent Dementia: Nationwide 30-year Analysis” that was published in Nature Aging.

Articles Discussed in Episode:

Richmond-Rakerd LS, Iyer MT, D'Souza S, Khalifeh L, Caspi A, Moffitt TE, Milne BJ. Associations of hospital-treated infections with subsequent dementia: nationwide 30-year analysis. Nat Aging. 2024 Jun;4(6):783-790. doi: 10.1038/s43587-024-00621-3. Epub 2024 May 7. PMID: 38714911.

Milne BJ, Atkinson J, Blakely T, Day H, Douwes J, Gibb S, Nicolson M, Shackleton N, Sporle A, Teng A. Data Resource Profile: The New Zealand Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI). Int J Epidemiol. 2019 Jun 1;48(3):677-677e. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyz014. Erratum in: Int J Epidemiol. 2019 Jun 1;48(3):1027. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyz054. PMID: 30793742.

NZ Integrated Data Infrastructure: https://www.stats.govt.nz/integrated-data/integrated-data-infrastructure/

Visit the Center to Accelerate Population Research in Alzheimer's (CAPRA) website to learn more.

The transcript for this episode can be found here.

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