Alzheimer's & Cognition
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Prevalence of Dementia in Homeless Twice That in Housed
“Whether dementia caused the homelessness or homelessness caused the dementia, it’s a bidirectional relationship.”
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Alzheimer’s Transmissible Via Stem Cell Transplantation?
In mice, bone marrow transplant may allow for transmission of precursor protein that could cause Alzheimer’s; further study needed.
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Alzheimer’s Prevalence Predicted to Double by 2050
While incidence has not changed much from the past year, rates of Alzheimer’s disease are expected to double within 30 years.
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Skin Test Accurately Detects Parkinson’s, Other Neurodegenerative Disorders
Skin punch biopsies were able to identify dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson’s with 95.5% accuracy, study finds.
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Glucose Level Fluctuations Affect Cognition in T1D
Longitudinal study finds high or low changes in glucose could slow and degrade cognition for patients with T1D.
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Disadvantaged Neighborhoods Tied to Higher Dementia Risk, Brain Aging
Those who live in economically disadvantaged areas had 20% increased risk for dementia, irrespective of personal education or income.
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Does Abdominal Fat Location Matter for Brain Health?
A higher pancreatic fat percentage was linked to lower global cognition and executive function in men, and with lower hippocampal volume in women...
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Neurological Disorders Now Top Global Cause of Illness, Disability
Some 3.4 billion people — 43% of the entire global population — had a neurological illness in 2021.
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Alzheimer’s Research Has an Integrity Problem, Claim Investigators
Questions about the validity of some Alzheimer’s research has potentially slowed progress in treatment of the disease.
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New Data Support Viagra for Alzheimer’s Prevention
A large real-world analysis of patient data from two databases showed a 30%-54% reduced prevalence in Alzheimer’s disease among patients who took...
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Air Pollution Tied to Greater Amyloid Burden in the Brain
Among those who agreed to donate their brains after death, increased pollution was linked to higher plaque levels, study finds.