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Quit Googling and take naps to cut dementia risk, says AI expert
People can reduce their risk of age-related dementia by exercising their brains properly instead of Googling, according to a leading Canadian academic.
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Neuroscience
Scientists define new type of memory loss in older adults
Researchers at Mayo Clinic have established new criteria for a memory-loss syndrome in older adults that specifically impacts the brain's limbic system. It can often be mistaken for Alzheimer's disease. The good news: Limbic-predominant ...
Jul 17, 2024
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Living in greener neighborhoods during midlife can slow cognitive decline
Research has shown that about 40% of dementia could be prevented or delayed worldwide by addressing modifiable risk factors associated with the condition, particularly during midlife.
Jul 17, 2024
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COVID accelerates decline in dementia trends for US older adults
Because of a sharp increase in deaths among older adults with dementia during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the rate of older adults with the disorder declined faster from 2011 to 2021 than it did through 2019, according ...
Jul 17, 2024
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Patients with Alzheimer's have higher frequency of mental health symptoms which can precede memory problems
Decline in memory and other thinking abilities is the most well-known result of Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, many individuals with this condition also experience mental health symptoms such as agitation, depression, ...
Jul 17, 2024
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Alzheimer's discovery holds potential to improve drugs
A significant discovery by Australian scientists has the potential to improve the effectiveness of drugs currently used to manage cognitive decline in patients with Alzheimer's disease.
Jul 17, 2024
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For African American moms, giving birth to multiple children could be linked to Alzheimer's disease, study shows
Women have long sensed that motherhood takes a toll.
Jul 17, 2024
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Hormone therapy for breast cancer linked with lower dementia risk
Hormone modulating therapy (HMT) used for the treatment of breast cancer was associated with a 7% lower risk of developing Alzheimer's disease and related dementias later in life, according to a new study published in JAMA ...
Jul 16, 2024
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Study validates diagnostic tool for identifying amyloid beta plaques, the hallmark of Alzheimer's disease
Amyloid PET scans provide in-vivo evidence of Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology. However, due to their high cost and limited insurance coverage, they are not widely used in clinical settings outside of the VA Healthcare ...
Jul 16, 2024
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Study reveals insights into Alzheimer's disease mechanisms through novel hydrogel matrix
Researchers at the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation (TIBI) have unveiled a pioneering study shedding light on the intricate mechanisms underlying Alzheimer's disease (AD). The study, titled "Effects of amyloid-β-mimicking ...
Jul 15, 2024
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Lowering systolic blood pressure below 120 mmHg may reduce dementia risk among Black, Latino populations
A new study suggests that reducing systolic blood pressure below the clinically safe threshold of 120 mmHg over time may produce slight health-protective benefits against late-life dementia and help reduce racial and ethnic ...
Jul 15, 2024
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Why new treatments for Alzheimer's cost tens of thousands of dollars a year
The Food and Drug Administration approved a new Eli Lilly drug this month that treats Alzheimer's disease. Kisunla is an IV infusion therapy given once a month to people in the early stages of Alzheimer's, according to the ...
Jul 15, 2024
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Nightmares in midlife may point to future cognitive decline, dementia
Distressing dreams in middle-aged and older adults may indicate a higher risk for future cognitive decline and all-cause dementia, according to a study presented at EAN 2024, the 10th Congress of the European Academy of Neurology, ...
Jul 14, 2024
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Artificial intelligence outperforms clinical tests at predicting progress of Alzheimer's disease
Cambridge scientists have developed an artificially-intelligent tool capable of predicting in four cases out of five whether people with early signs of dementia will remain stable or develop Alzheimer's disease.
Jul 12, 2024
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Nasal spray found to clear tau proteins from Alzheimer's mouse model brains
A multi-institutional team of neuroscientists has developed a nasal therapy that cleared the brains of Alzheimer's mouse models of toxic tau proteins. In their study, published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, ...
Seeing inside Alzheimer's disease brain using cryo-electron tomography
Scientists investigating Alzheimer's disease have determined the structure of molecules within a human brain for the very first time.
Jul 11, 2024
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Racial disparities in dementia determined by social factors rather than genetic ancestry, finds study
Racial disparities in dementia are due to social determinants of health, with genetic ancestry playing no role, according to a new study led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Jul 11, 2024
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Study shows 13% of patients with dementia may instead have cognitive decline from cirrhosis
About 13% of individuals diagnosed with dementia may suffer instead from reversible cognitive decline caused by advanced liver disease, according to researchers from the Virginia Commonwealth University's School of Medicine ...
Jul 11, 2024
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Metformin and other antidiabetic drugs may help reduce the risk of dementia in patients with type 2 diabetes
Investigators analyzing the potential cognitive effects of antidiabetic medications in records of more than 1.5 million patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) found risks of dementia and Alzheimer's disease (AD) were ...
Jul 11, 2024
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Models show promise in predicting cognitive decline in early Alzheimer's
A new study, published in the July 10 online issue of Neurology, looks at predicting how quickly people with early Alzheimer's disease will experience cognitive decline. The study also looked at how the new drugs recently ...
Jul 10, 2024
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