Latest Research

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 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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