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Mild cognitive impairment, dementia risk up with increasing biological severity of Alzheimer's disease
For individuals who are currently cognitively unimpaired, the lifetime and 10-year absolute risk of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia... Read more -
What polymers can teach us about curing Alzheimer's disease
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have applied ideas from polymer physics to illuminate the mechanism behind a key pathology in... Read more -
Study shows over 90% of older adults with dementia undergo burdensome interventions in their final year
A new study by researchers from Duke-NUS Medical School has revealed that almost all community-dwelling older adults with advanced dementia... Read more -
How to keep dementia from robbing your loved ones of their sense of personhood—tips for caregivers
Every three seconds, someone in the world develops dementia. There are over 6 million people living with dementia in the... Read more -
How income may shape risk of dementia
People with lower incomes and people from racial and ethnic historically underrepresented groups in clinical studies are more likely to... Read more -
New oral treatment may prevent dementia
Researchers from DANDRITE have played a central role in developing a new oral treatment that, for the first time ever,... Read more -
Alzheimer's risk calculator could spot danger years before symptoms begin
Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a new tool that can estimate a person's risk of developing memory and thinking problems... Read more -
Chemical compound holds potential against Alzheimer's disease
A team of researchers at the Federal University of ABC (UFABC) in Brazil has developed a new chemical compound with... Read more -
Following anti-amyloid therapy, MRI shows no short-term change in waste clearance function in Alzheimer's patients
A group from Osaka Metropolitan University in Japan, led by graduate student Tatsushi Oura and Dr. Hiroyuki Tatekawa, found that... Read more -
It's not just in your head: Stress may lead to altered blood flow in the brain
While the exact causes of neurodegenerative brain diseases like Alzheimer's and dementia are still largely unknown, researchers have been able... Read more -
Blood-platelet screening in midlife could identify early risk for Alzheimer's disease
A simple blood test for platelet activity at middle age could one day help identify people at risk for Alzheimer's... Read more -
NAD⁺ restores memory in Alzheimer's disease models by correcting RNA errors
Alzheimer's disease (AD), the leading cause of dementia, affects nearly 40 million individuals globally, resulting in a gradual loss of... Read more -
Zero-cost, AI-driven digital detection identifies Alzheimer's without additional clinician time
Few primary care practices are designed for the timely detection of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. The limited time that... Read more -
New method to track progression of Alzheimer's, related dementias based on metabolic, vascular brain changes
Researchers from the Indiana University School of Medicine have developed a highly sensitive diagnostic that predicts a person's stage of... Read more -
Just 3,000 steps a day linked to lower Alzheimer's risk in older adults
A new study suggests that even low levels of physical activity could protect the brain from Alzheimer's disease—but not in... Read more
