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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Big data initiative discovers new causal pathways in Alzheimer's
A new study, published on Feb. 15 in Alzheimer's & Dementia, analyzed biological samples from hundreds of individuals from a European study. Researchers looked at the biological information at various levels—genes, proteins, ...
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Medications
Drug linked to lower risk of dementia in people with diabetes
People with diabetes are twice as likely to develop dementia as those without the disease. In a new study, people with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes who took the diabetes drug pioglitazone were less likely to later develop ...
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Multi-country dementia study shows women's greater risk may be linked to disadvantage
A large international study of dementia risk involving almost 30,000 people from 18 countries covering all six continents suggests that social and economic disadvantage may explain the higher risk of the condition in women.
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Immune-mediated platelet depletion augments Alzheimer's disease in mice: Study
A new research paper titled "Immune-mediated platelet depletion augments Alzheimer's disease neuropathological hallmarks in APP-PS1 mice" has been published in the journal Aging.
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Scientists use new electrical method to observe the 'tipping point' toward Alzheimer's
Scientists are not yet clear on how the tau protein changes from a benign protein essential for normal function in our brains into the toxic neurofibrillary tangles that are a signature of Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative ...
Feb 14, 2023
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Mysterious brain activity in mice watching a movie could help tackle Alzheimer's, improve AI
Even the legendary filmmaker Orson Welles couldn't have imagined such a plot twist.
Feb 14, 2023
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Poorer schools could bring higher dementia rates many decades later
What do race and early education have to do with dementia risk among seniors?
Feb 14, 2023
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Study suggests fructose could drive Alzheimer's disease
An ancient human foraging instinct, fueled by fructose production in the brain, may hold clues to the development and possible treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD), according to researchers at the University of Colorado ...
Feb 13, 2023
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New hope for first treatment for strokes linked to dementia
Two cheap and common drugs could be re-purposed as the first specific treatment for people who experience a type of stroke linked to nearly half of all dementias, according to the results of new research.
Feb 10, 2023
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Online storytelling improved quality of life for people with dementia during COVID-19 lockdowns
Medical Humanities experts at the University of Surrey have offered important opportunities to safeguard the quality of life of people living with dementia in Medellín, Colombia, through a pioneering study of online therapeutic ...
Feb 9, 2023
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Researcher identifies new biomarker of early-stage Alzheimer's disease
University of New Mexico neurologist Rawan Tarawneh, MD, has identified a unique biomarker that could lead to new diagnostic tests to improve the detection of incipient Alzheimer's disease before symptoms appear.
Feb 8, 2023
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New dual-phase imaging protocol reduces costs and radiation exposure for cognitively impaired patients
A novel nuclear medicine imaging protocol can take the place of two separate imaging scans for the evaluation of brain changes linked to cognitive impairment, cutting costs and radiation exposure for patients as well as providing ...
Feb 8, 2023
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Experts reframe 'clinical meaningfulness' in Alzheimer's
As the Alzheimer's disease scientific community, patients, and families seek to understand the results of clinical trials of new Alzheimer's treatments, the Alzheimer's Association convened an expert work group to discuss ...
Feb 7, 2023
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Overlooked tau-RNA interaction may play key role in dementia
Sometimes in science, "Eureka!" moments happen with surprisingly little effort. Sometimes they take years or decades to emerge. Such was the case with Brian Kraemer's research team and their recent study of the protein tau ...
Feb 6, 2023
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Early diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease by targeting toxic soluble Aβ oligomers
More than 55 million people worldwide were living with Alzheimer's disease in 2020, according to Alzheimer's Disease International. This figure is expected to almost double every 20 years, reaching 78 million in 2030 and ...
Feb 6, 2023
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Incidence of syndromes associated with frontotemporal lobar degeneration in nine European countries
JAMA Neurology has published the results of the first international population-based study on epidemiology of Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD) involving nine European countries and thirteen neurological research centers, each ...
Feb 6, 2023
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Researchers map brain cell changes in Alzheimer's disease
A common sign of Alzheimer's disease is the excessive buildup of two types of protein in the brain: tangles of tau proteins that accumulate inside cells, and amyloid-β proteins that form plaques outside the cells. Researchers ...
Feb 2, 2023
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Dementia complicates cancer care, increasing risk of poorer clinical outcome and patient experience
Pre-existing dementia complicates cancer care and increases the risk of worse clinical outcomes and inferior patient experience, according to a review of studies exploring the intersection of dementia and cancer. People living ...
Feb 2, 2023
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Study finds new association between social isolation and dementia risk factors
Social lifestyle determinants, including social isolation, are associated with neurodegeneration risk factors, according to a new study published this week in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Kimia Shafighi of McGill University, ...
Feb 1, 2023
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Researchers create world-first benchmark to measure brain atrophy for Alzheimer's diagnosis
Scientists from CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, in partnership with Queensland University of Technology, have used artificial intelligence to develop a world-first benchmark for measuring brain atrophy—or thinning—in ...
Feb 1, 2023
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