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Dementia News
April 24, 2020
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Gene Variant Staves Off Alzheimer's in Some People

Apr. 14, 2020 — People with a gene variant that puts them at high risk for Alzheimer's disease are protected from its debilitating effects if they also carry a variant of a completely ... read more
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Large-Scale Analysis Links Glucose Metabolism Proteins to Alzheimer's Disease Biology

Apr. 13, 2020 — In the largest study to date of proteins related to Alzheimer's disease, a team of researchers has identified ... read more

How the Eyes Might Be Windows to the Risk of Alzheimer's Disease

Sep. 10, 2019 — Researchers say that measuring how quickly a person's pupil dilates while they are taking cognitive tests may be a low-cost, low-invasive method to aid in screening individuals at increased genetic ... read more

Biochemists Discover New Insights Into What May Go Awry in Brains of Alzheimer's Patients

Aug. 19, 2019 — Three decades of research on Alzheimer's disease have not produced major treatment advances for patients. Researchers now report new insights that ... read more
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Amyloid Formation Drives Brain Tissue Loss in Animal Studies

Mar. 31, 2020 — Amyloid plaque formation directly causes brain tissue loss in animals, but a drug called lithium reduces the life shortening effects of this loss, shows a new ... read more

Could Disease Pathogens Be the Dark Matter Behind Alzheimer's Disease?

Mar. 18, 2020 — Researchers discuss the idea that bacteria, viruses or other infectious pathogens may play a role in Alzheimer's ... read more

Inflammation in the Brain Linked to Several Forms of Dementia

Mar. 16, 2020 — Inflammation in the brain may be more widely implicated in dementias than was previously thought, suggests new research. The researchers say it offers hope for potential new treatments for several ... read more

Resolving Inflammation: Could It Prevent Memory Loss in Down Syndrome and Alzheimer's?

Mar. 13, 2020 — Resolvins are lipids that 'resolve' the inflammation that normally follows injury or disease, returning the body back to normal. Therapeutic administration of one such resolvin can halt ... read more

Gold Nanoparticles Uncover Amyloid Fibrils

Mar. 12, 2020 — Scientists have developed powerful tools to unmask the diversity of amyloid fibrils, which are associated with Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders. The scientists made the ... read more

To Protect Your Brain, Don't Be (Too) Kind!

Mar. 12, 2020 — Scientists demonstrated, through brain imaging and psycho-cognitive evaluations conducted over several years on a community-based cohort of elderly people, that certain personality traits protect ... read more

Immune Cells Against Alzheimer's?

Mar. 11, 2020 — Researchers have developed a novel, experimental approach against Alzheimer's. The approach is based on the stimulation of immune cells of the brain (microglia) by means of an ... read more

Gene Variants May Increase Susceptibility to Accumulate Alzheimer's Protein Tau

Mar. 3, 2020 — The toxic protein tau is a key biological feature in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease. Yet the factors that make people susceptible or resistant to tau accumulation are not ... read more

Blood Test Method May Predict Alzheimer's Protein Deposits in Brain

Mar. 2, 2020 — Researchers report an advance in the development of a blood test that could help detect pathological Alzheimer's disease in people who are showing signs of dementia. This approach could be less ... read more

Widowhood Accelerates Cognitive Decline Among Those at Risk for Alzheimer's Disease

Feb. 26, 2020 — A new study finds that widowhood can have another profound effect: It may accelerate cognitive ... read more

Hearing Aids May Delay Cognitive Decline

Feb. 26, 2020 — Wearing hearing aids may delay cognitive decline in older adults and improve brain function, according to promising new research. Researchers have tested the use of hearing aids in almost 100 adults ... read more

Iron in Brain Shows Cognitive Decline in People With Parkinson's

Feb. 20, 2020 — A cutting-edge MRI technique to detect iron deposits in different brain regions can track declines in thinking, memory and movement in people with Parkinson's disease, finds a new ... read more

Memory Games: Eating Well to Remember

Feb. 18, 2020 — A healthy diet is essential to living well, but should we change what we eat as we age? Researchers have found strong evidence of the link between food groups and memory loss and its comorbidities. ... read more

Beta-Arrestin-2 Increases Neurotoxic Tau Driving Frontotemporal Dementia

Feb. 17, 2020 — The certain protein increases the accumulation of neurotoxic tau tangles, a cause several forms of dementia, by interfering with removal of excess tau from the brain, a new study ... read more

Subtle Decline in Cognition Predicts Progression to Alzheimer's Pathology

Feb. 14, 2020 — Researchers report that abnormal levels of beta-amyloid plaques in brain predict cognitive decline and higher risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, but also that cognitive performance predicts ... read more

Can Bilingualism Protect the Brain Even With Early Stages of Dementia?

Feb. 13, 2020 — Psychology researchers provide new evidence that bilingualism can delay symptoms of dementia. Researchers found bilingualism provides the brain with greater cognitive reserve, delaying onset of ... read more

Simple Blood Test Could Help Predict Progression of Parkinson's Disease

Feb. 11, 2020 — In order to provide the best medical care for newly diagnosed Parkinson's disease (PD) patients, a method of predicting their cognitive and motor progression, beyond using purely clinical ... read more

Taller Young Men May Have Lower Dementia Risk

Feb. 11, 2020 — Men who are taller in young adulthood, as an indicator of early-life circumstances, may have a lower risk of dementia in old age, suggests a new ... read more

How the Brain's Immune System Could Be Harnessed to Improve Memory

Feb. 11, 2020 — Inflammation can send the brain's immune cells into damaging hyperdrive, an effect that has been linked to neurodegenerative diseases that affect memory, like dementia. A new study finds these ... read more

Gene ID'd as Potential Therapeutic Target for Dementia in Parkinson's

Feb. 5, 2020 — Researchers have discovered that the genetic variant APOE4 -- long linked to dementia -- spurs the spread of harmful clumps of Parkinson's proteins through the brain. The findings suggest that ... read more
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