MedPage Today (3/6, George ) reports, “Dementia was more common in people with essential tremor than in the general population, a prospective cohort study found.” Investigators found that “over 5 years, the cumulative prevalence of dementia was 18.5% and the average annual conversion rate of mild cognitive impairment to dementia was 12.2%.” Those “rates were three times higher than those in the general population and approximately one-half the magnitude of those reported in Parkinson’s disease.” The findings are scheduled to be presented at the American Academy of Neurology annual meeting.
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