September 19, 2024 by Queen’s University Belfast Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainNew research has found that those who consume more foods rich in flavonoids, such as berries, tea, red wine and dark chocolate, could lower their risk of dementia. Led by a team of researchers at Queen’s University Belfast, the study, published Sept. 18 in JAMA...
September 18, 2024 by University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Credit: CC0 Public DomainNew research is more closely linking obesity to dementia. Higher levels of leptin, a hormone that helps maintain normal body weight, is associated with better signal-transmitting brain white matter in middle-aged adults, according to a study by The University...
September 18, 2024 by Boston University School of Medicine Credit: CC0 Public DomainThe failure to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease—the most common form of dementia in the elderly—at an early stage of molecular pathology is considered a major reason that treatments fail in clinical trials. Previous research to molecularly diagnose Alzheimer’s disease yielded “A/T/N” central biomarkers based...
Neil Skolnik, MD DISCLOSURES | September 10, 2024 This transcript has been edited for clarity. I’m Dr Neil Skolnik and today I’m going to talk about the Revised criteria for diagnosis and staging of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) from the Alzheimer’s Association Workgroup. This is a big deal that will fundamentally change the way we will...
September 9, 2024 by University College London Credit: Ageing Research Reviews (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2024.102445People with dementia are more likely to have suicidal thoughts but are not necessarily more likely to attempt or die by suicide than the general population, finds a new study led by UCL researchers. The study, published in Ageing Research Reviews, analyzed...
JoAnn E. Manson, MD, DrPH DISCLOSURES | August 14, 2024 Hello. This is Dr JoAnn Manson, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. I’d like to talk with you about a new report on the preventability of dementia that is both exciting and paradigm-shifting. The new study, published in The...
September 4, 2024 by Steve Macfarlane, The Conversation Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainA Korean study published recently suggests that people with type 2 diabetes who are prescribed a particular class of drug might be at a significantly lower risk of dementia. The researchers compared the health outcomes of more than 110,000 people aged 40–69 with type...
By Luke Andrews Senior Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 10:31 EDT, 26 August 2024 | Updated: 10:31 EDT, 26 August 2024 More than 13million Americans will have dementia by 2050, estimates suggest — more than double the number today. The disease robs patients of their mental faculties, leaving them struggling to talk, express themselves and...
Medscape Medical News > Conference News > AAIC 2024 Megan Brooks July 31, 2024 PHILADELPHIA – Nearly half of dementia cases worldwide could theoretically be prevented or delayed by eliminating 14 modifiable risk factors during an individual’s lifetime, a report from the Lancet Commission on dementia prevention, intervention, and care. The report adds two new...
News Release 13-Aug-2024 A study at the University of Helsinki found brain changes associated with a novel degenerative brain disease causing dementia as common as one in every two individuals over the age of 85. Peer-Reviewed PublicationUniversity of Helsinki A new type of degenerative brain disease, limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy (LATE), was recognised just a...
