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This Lancet Series of three papers summarizes the most common non-Alzheimer’s disorders that cause dementia: frontotemporal, Lewy body, and vascular. Dementia resulting from Alzheimer’s disease has catapulted into the public’s consciousness in the past few years. However, non-Alzheimer’s dementias remain relatively unknown and often poorly diagnosed. More research is needed, not only for effective pharmacological interventions with disease-modifying effects, but also better differential diagnostic techniques to ensure the proper management and care of patients. Series…

This web portal, offered by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, offers evidence-based information and tools related to numerous health and wellness topics to support its mission of improving health for all Americans. It has established benchmarks and monitored progress over time to encourage collaborations across communities and sectors, empower individuals to make informed health decisions, and measure the impact of prevention efforts. Its…

The National Diabetes Statistics Report provides updated statistics about diabetes in the United States including information on prevalence and incidence of diabetes and prediabetes, risk factors for complications, acute and long-term complications, deaths, and costs. The 2022 report documented that in 2019, more than 37 million people of all ages (11.3% of the U.S. population) had diabetes, but 8.5 million adults (23.0% of adults with diabetes) were not aware of having diabetes.  Among those aged 65 years or…