These common drugs may increase dementia risk

Recent Research

• Genes vs. lifestyle: Study ‘undermines fatalistic view of dementia’ July 15, 2019
• How having a close relative with Alzheimer’s may affect cognition July 12, 2019
• Alzheimer’s: Cell mechanism removes defective protein July 10, 2019
• Biopsychosocial frailty and the risk of incident dementia: The Italian longitudinal study on aging July 2, 2019
• Alzheimer’s blood test almost ‘usable in routine clinical care’ July 2, 2019
• Individualized atrophy scores predict dementia onset in familial frontotemporal lobar degeneration July 1, 2019
• Can social interaction predict cognitive decline? July 1, 2019
• Bioinformatics strategy to advance the interpretation of Alzheimer’s disease GWAS discoveries: The roads from association to causation June 28, 2019
• Blood amyloid levels and risk of dementia in the Ginkgo Evaluation of Memory Study (GEMS): A longitudinal analysis June 28, 2019
• These common drugs may increase dementia risk June 25, 2019
• Hypertension treatment may slow down Alzheimer’s progression June 23, 2019
• A new perspective for advanced positron emission tomography–based molecular imaging in neurodegenerative proteinopathies June 20, 2019
• Paradoxical lucidity: A potential paradigm shift for the neurobiology and treatment of severe dementias June 19, 2019
• Atrial fibrillation may raise dementia risk by 50% June 19, 2019
• Coronary heart disease may speed up cognitive decline June 18, 2019
• Coronary heart disease may speed up cognitive decline June 18, 2019
• Objective napping, cognitive decline, and risk of cognitive impairment in older men June 18, 2019
• How frontotemporal dementia affects ‘moral emotions’ June 17, 2019
• How is education linked to Alzheimer’s progress? June 12, 2019
• Contributions of vascular and Alzheimer’s disease pathology to dementia June 11, 2019
• A deep learning model for early prediction of Alzheimer’s disease dementia based on hippocampal magnetic resonance imaging data June 11, 2019
• How ultrasound could help curb Parkinson’s June 10, 2019
• Parkinson’s: New gene therapy shows promise for prevention June 7, 2019
• Incidence and characteristics of uncommon dementia subtypes: Results from 10 years of clinical surveillance by the Registry of Dementia of Girona June 6, 2019
• Can blood pressure drugs help reduce dementia risk? June 5, 2019
• Neuroimaging correlates with neuropathologic schemes in neurodegenerative disease June 4, 2019
• Association of TLR4 with Alzheimer’s disease risk and presymptomatic biomarkers of inflammation June 4, 2019
• Is virtual reality the next frontier of Alzheimer’s diagnosis? June 2, 2019
• Motoric cognitive risk syndrome and predictors of transition to dementia: A multicenter study June 1, 2019
• Duration of preclinical, prodromal, and dementia stages of Alzheimer’s disease in relation to age, sex, and APOE genotype June 1, 2019
• Virus ‘identity change’ may play a role in Alzheimer’s May 30, 2019
• Early-onset Alzheimer’s: Is ‘bad cholesterol’ a factor? May 30, 2019
• Neuropsychological subtypes of incident mild cognitive impairment in the Mayo Clinic Study of Aging May 22, 2019
• How do we recall the past? New mechanism revealed May 22, 2019
• Alzheimer’s: Brain changes may occur 34 years before symptoms May 21, 2019
• Plasma amyloid β 40/42 ratio predicts cerebral amyloidosis in cognitively normal individuals at risk for Alzheimer’s disease May 18, 2019
• Differential default mode network trajectories in asymptomatic individuals at risk for Alzheimer’s disease May 18, 2019
• Dementia: New WHO prevention guidelines evaluate 12 risk factors May 18, 2019
• Virtual reality may help stimulate memory in people with dementia May 16, 2019
• Novel Alzheimer’s drug passes first phase of human testing May 15, 2019
• Assessment of executive function declines in presymptomatic and mildly symptomatic familial frontotemporal dementia: NIH-EXAMINER as a potential clinical trial endpoint May 14, 2019
• Comparison of 18F-florbetaben quantification results using the standard Centiloid, MR-based, and MR-less CapAIBL® approaches: Validation against histopathology May 14, 2019
• Primary fatty amides in plasma associated with brain amyloid burden, hippocampal volume, and memory in the European Medical Information Framework for Alzheimer’s Disease biomarker discovery cohort May 8, 2019
• Alzheimer’s: How light therapy could protect the brain May 7, 2019
• The MOPEAD project: Advancing patient engagement for the detection of “hidden” undiagnosed cases of Alzheimer’s disease in the community May 7, 2019
• Could a cell phone game detect who is at risk of Alzheimer’s? May 5, 2019
• Erratum to “Kallikrein-8 inhibition attenuates Alzheimer’s disease pathology in mice” [Alzheimer’s & Dementia 2016;12:1273-87.] May 4, 2019
• Urate and risk of Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia: A population-based study May 2, 2019
• Brain atrophy in primary age-related tauopathy is linked to transactive response DNA-binding protein of 43 kDa May 2, 2019
• Experts draft guidelines for Alzheimer’s-like condition April 30, 2019
• Inflammatory biomarkers in Alzheimer’s disease plasma April 29, 2019
• Adherence to multidomain interventions for dementia prevention: Data from the FINGER and MAPT trials April 29, 2019
• Scientists confirm blood test could track Alzheimer’s disease April 26, 2019
• Quantifying blood-brain barrier leakage in small vessel disease: Review and consensus recommendations April 25, 2019
• Mitigating stigma of Alzheimer’s disease dementia among Chinese Americans April 25, 2019
• Can a blood pressure drug protect the brain from Parkinson’s? April 23, 2019
• A ketogenic drink improves brain energy and some measures of cognition in mild cognitive impairment April 23, 2019
• Aaron Klug and the study of Alzheimer’s disease April 19, 2019
• Alzheimer’s: Synthetic protein blocks toxic beta-amyloid April 16, 2019
• Erratum to “Validation of a simple severity scale for assessing ARIA-E” [Alzheimer’s & Dementia 2017;13:P253-4.] April 9, 2019
• Dementia: Paradigm shifting into high gear April 9, 2019
• Syncing brain waves may fight age-related memory problems April 8, 2019
• Longitudinal cerebrospinal fluid biomarker trajectories along the Alzheimer’s disease continuum in the BIOMARKAPD study April 6, 2019
• Dementia: Amyloid PET scans can improve diagnosis and care April 3, 2019
• Novel methods for integration and visualization of genomics and genetics data in Alzheimer’s disease March 29, 2019
• This drug failed to treat cancer, but it could improve dementia March 29, 2019
• Smoking may not be related to dementia risk after all March 28, 2019
• Is this a better way to deliver drugs to the brain? March 28, 2019
• The key to brain health: Light but frequent exercise March 25, 2019
• Erratum to “Altered bile acid profile associates with cognitive impairment in Alzheimer’s disease—An emerging role for gut microbiome” [Alzheimer’s & Dementia 2019;15:76-92.] March 21, 2019
• Study links severe gum disease to raised dementia risk March 20, 2019
• Light and sound therapy may boost brain function March 19, 2019
• Alzheimer’s disease: An eye test could provide early warning March 18, 2019
• The effects of 7-week cognitive training in patients with vascular cognitive impairment, no dementia (the Cog-VACCINE study): A randomized controlled trial March 17, 2019
• Does eating mushrooms protect brain health? March 15, 2019