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Neurological Disorders

Journal Article

Sleep Health: An Opportunity for Public Health to Address Health Equity

In this review, we describe current conceptualizations of sleep health and highlight findings linking sleep with cardiovascular disease, obesity, mental health, and neurodegenerative disease.

Mar 16, 2021
Journal Article

Association of Genetic Variants With Migraine Subclassified by Clinical Symptoms in Adult Females

An analysis of migraine diagnostic symptoms among women experiencing migraine from the WGHS recruitment sample to assess whether there were clusters of specific symptoms that might also have a genetic basis.

Feb 19, 2021
Journal Article

The Foreclosure Crisis, Community Change, and the Cognitive Health of Older Adults

Community-level foreclosures are associated with a faster decline in individual cognition at older ages, with implications for the cognitive health of older adults.

Dec 1, 2020
Journal Article

Meta-issues: On Writing Scientific Manuscripts With a Stakeholder Group of Persons Living With Dementia

Writing scientific papers with stakeholders who had dementia posed special challenges.

Jun 5, 2020
Journal Article

Contributions of Persons Living With Dementia to Scientific Research Meetings: Results From the National Research Summit on Care, Services, and Supports for Persons With Dementia and Their Caregivers

A stakeholder group of persons living with dementia influenced the agenda and outcomes of a national research summit on care, services, and supports for persons living with the disease.

Apr 1, 2020
Journal Article

The Experiences of Persons Living with Dementia Planning for a Dementia Research Meeting: Lessons Learned From the National Research Summit on Care, Services, and Supports for Persons With Dementia and Their Caregivers

A stakeholder group of individuals living with dementia made valuable contributions to a research summit on the disease.

Apr 1, 2020
Report

Neurological Effects of Repeated Exposure to Military Occupational Levels of Blast: A Review of Scientific Literature

There is increasing concern over the common, repetitive forms of blast to which military members are exposed during service, and how those exposures could affect the central nervous system. The authors of this report review the relevant literature.

Mar 18, 2020
Journal Article

Effect of Early-Stage Alzheimer's Disease on Household Financial Outcomes

Our goal in this study is estimate, on net, the financial effects of early-stage Alzheimer's Disease, from the start of first symptoms to diagnosis, on individuals and their families.

Mar 10, 2020
Brochure

Effecting Change, Improving Health

The RAND Corporation is dedicated to transforming the wellbeing of all people by improving health care systems in the United States and abroad.

Feb 7, 2020
Report

Exploring the societal burden of multiple sclerosis: A study into the non-clinical impact of the disease, including changes with progression

We looked at the non-clinical impacts of multiple sclerosis (MS) on the individual with MS, their carers and wider society, focusing on disease progression. We used a rapid evidence assessment and key informant interviews.

Nov 18, 2019
Blog

Disinformation, Drug Policy, Artificial Intelligence: RAND Weekly Recap

This weekly recap focuses on tools to fight disinformation online, the negative consequences of punishing pregnant women for drug use, how to ensure public trust in artificial intelligence, and more.

Nov 15, 2019
News Release

Capacity Limits in Australian Health Care System Could Delay Widespread Access to a Future Alzheimer's Treatment

As in other countries, the Australian health care system has limited capacity to rapidly move a future treatment for Alzheimer's disease from approval into wide clinical use, which could leave thousands of older people without access to transformative care if such a breakthrough occurs.

Nov 11, 2019
Report

Australia Is Not Prepared to Deliver an Alzheimer's Treatment

As in other countries, the Australian health care system has limited capacity to rapidly move a future treatment for Alzheimer's disease from approval into wide clinical use. That could leave thousands of older people without access to transformative care if such a breakthrough occurs.

Nov 11, 2019
Brochure

Struggling with Dementia

The costs of dementia -- economic and personal -- are staggering. A recent RAND analysis quantifies the scope of the problem in the United States and serves as a wake-up call to policymakers everywhere.

Sep 9, 2019
Report

Is Canada Prepared to Meet Demand for Alzheimer's Treatment?

If a treatment to slow the progression of Alzheimer's became available in 2021, hundreds of thousands of patients in Canada could progress to Alzheimer's dementia while on wait lists unless health care capacity is increased.

Jul 18, 2019
Journal Article

Paradoxical Lucidity: A Potential Paradigm Shift for the Neurobiology and Treatment of Severe Dementias

Paradoxical lucidity, challenges current assumptions and highlights the possibility of network-level return of cognitive function in cases of severe dementias, which can provide insight into both underlying neurobiology and future therapeutic possibilities.

Jul 17, 2019
Journal Article

Systematic Review: United States Workforce for Autism-Related Child Healthcare Services

The 33 studies reviewed identify multiple workforce-related challenges for families seeking treatment for children with autism spectrum disorder-including lack of primary care providers to serve these children, lack of specialty providers, and sociodemographic and geographic disparities in access to ASD services.

Jun 10, 2019
Journal Article

Patient and Caregiver Goals for Dementia Care

To elicit patient-centered goals for dementia care, this qualitative study relies on focus groups of people with early-stage dementia and dementia caregivers.

Apr 2, 2019
Report

The Neurological Effects of Repeated Exposure to Military Occupational Blast: Implications for Prevention and Health: Proceedings, Findings, and Expert Recommendations from the Seventh Department of Defense State-of-the-Science Meeting

The Seventh Department of Defense State-of-the-Science Meeting examined the risk posed to military personnel by low-level blast exposure, the current evidence base, and potentially promising approaches to prevent and detect blast injuries.

Mar 13, 2019
Periodical

RAND Review: January-February 2019

This issue spotlights (1) research on how faith-based organizations promote health and well-being in underserved communities and (2) the Pardee RAND Graduate School's new approach to policy and training the next generation of policy experts.

Jan 7, 2019

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