Learning Specialist, Padmaja Genesh, removes the guesswork and provides a monthly update on all of the noteworthy information regarding dementia. Below you'll find some highlights from recent months.
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Latest Hightlights from March 2020
- Cognitive Difficulties Can Predict Neurodegeneration, Study Finds
- DNA from Bacteria in Brain May Promote Tau Clumping, Study Suggests
- Evidence on Cognitive Impairment Screening in Older Adults Is Insufficient, Panel Says
- Neurosteer Promotes Wearable Monitor to Detect Early Alzheimer’s
- PSEN1 Gene Alteration May Be Early Biomarker for Alzheimer’s, Study Suggests
- Stress-Related Disorders Are Associated with Increased Risk of Neurodegenerative Disease
- Blood Test Can Differentiate Alzheimer’s From Other Dementias, Research Suggests
- How and Why Living in Disadvantaged Communities Contributes to Neurodegeneration
Latest Highlights from February 2020
- Memory Health Awarded UK Patent as Alzheimer’s Treatment
- Inflammatory Conditions Linked to Higher Risk of Alzheimer’s
- Can Healthy Diets, Regular Exercise, and Better Lifestyle Delay the Progression of Dementia in Elderly Individuals?
- FDA to Review Adlarity as Skin Patch Treatment for Alzheimer’s Dementia
- Dietary flavonols and risk of Alzheimer dementia
- Antipsychotics Are Associated with an Increased Risk for Traumatic Brain Injury in People with Alzheimer’s Disease
- Evidence on Cognitive Impairment Screening in Older Adults Is Insufficient, Panel Says
- Solanezumab and Gantenerumab Fail to Slow Memory Loss or Cognitive Decline in Early-onset Alzheimer’s, Study Finds
- Biogen to Start Re-dosing Aducanumab in Alzheimer’s Patients From Halted Trials
- New Carbon Nanotube Sensor Ably Spots Alzheimer’s via Proteins in Blood, Study Reports
Latest Highlights from January 2020
- Anti-Amyloid antibodies clear brain amyloid, would they improve cognition?
- Exercise and Brain Health Activities Are Associated with a Slower Rate of Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD)
- The Role that Fragmented Sleep Plays in Cognition
- Vascular Dysfunction Taxes Cognition, but Not Via Amyloid, AD
Latest Highlights from October & November 2019
- Seaweed-based Therapy Approved in China for Mild to Moderate Alzheimer’s, 1st New Treatment in 16 Years
- Biogen to Seek Approval of Aducanumab for Early Alzheimer’s based on New Analysis of Trials
- Nuplazid Significantly Delays Relapses in Dementia-related Psychosis, Phase 3 Study Shows
- Longitudinal Blood Pressure Changes, Starting at Midlife, May Indicate Need for Earlier Treatment of Cognitive Decline
- ApoE4 and Tau in Alzheimer’s: Worse than We Thought? Especially in Women
- Childhood Cognitive Ability May Predict Cognition at Age 70
- Income Fluctuations in Early Adulthood May Impair Brain Aging in Midlife, Study Finds
Latest Highlights from September 2019
- Alzheimer’s Vaccine Found Safe, Effective in Patients with Mild Forms of the Disease, Phase 2 Study Finds
- Phase 3 Trial Suggests Pimavanserin Assuages Psychosis in Dementia
- Bryostatin-1 Fails to Ease Dementia in Moderate-to-Severe Alzheimer’s Patients in Phase 2 Trial
- End of the BACE Inhibitors? Elenbecestat Trials Halted Amid Safety Concerns
- ADvance II Study Testing Deep Brain Stimulation in Mild Alzheimer’s Started, Enrollment Ongoing
- Diet Directly Affects Gut Bacteria and May Contribute to Alzheimer’s Progression, Pilot Study Suggests
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