AAIC: Alzheimer's Association International Conference
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Hypertension, white matter hyperintensities, and dementia: What’s the link?
LOS ANGELES – Findings from a French cohort suggest that a vascular pathway, independent of amyloid, bears on cognitive decline.
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Alzheimer’s disease raises risk for recurrent seizures
LOS ANGELES – In one cohort study, nearly 70% of Alzheimer’s disease patients who had one seizure had another within months, and seizures were...
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Changes in sleep-wake timing accompany cerebral glucose hypometabolism and cognitive function
LOS ANGELES – It’s unclear whether the sleep dysregulation is a sign of impending neurodegeneration, or a risk factor for it.
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Alzheimer’s trial design problem throws a wrench in promising BAN2401 results
CHICAGO – The trial arm with a statistically significant reduction in cognitive decline had fewer APOE4 carriers.
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Monoclonal antibody slowed cognitive decline, cleared Alzheimer’s plaques in phase 2 trial
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Mild cognitive impairment risk slashed by 19% in SPRINT MIND
Clinicians are calling blood pressure drugs the first disease-modifying therapy for MCI.
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Pregnancy and years of reproductive capability linked to dementia risk
CHICAGO – The findings suggest that lifelong estrogen exposure may exert a neuroprotective effect in women.
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Dementia epidemiology in LGB community examined for first time
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Fueling the Alzheimer’s brain with fat
LONDON – In small studies, ketogenic interventions boost cognition for Alzheimer’s patients.
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Depression, PTSD double risk of dementia for older female veterans
LONDON – The study is the first of its kind.
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Modifiable risk factors account for most of the dementia risk imposed by low socioeconomic status
LONDON – A score for dementia risk has value in preventing the disease, particularly for addressing health disparities in people with low...
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Racial differences in dementia risk persist from midlife to oldest old
LONDON – Black individuals had elevated risk for dementia, compared with whites, even into their 90s.
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Life-long risk reduction could cut late-life dementia by up to 35%
LONDON – Expert panel commissioned by The Lancet targets nine modifiable lifestyle factors to reduce dementia incidence worldwide.
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Amyloid PET imaging impacts diagnoses, management for those with MCI and dementia
LONDON – Interim results on 4,000 patients exceeded expectations for the clinical utility of the procedure.
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Hospitalizations may speed up cognitive decline in older adults
LONDON – Urgent and emergency admissions drove virtually all of the increase in cognitive decline after hospitalization.