PET scan of a human brain with Alzheimer’s disease. Credit: public domain An article published this week in the journal Nature Medicine documents what is believed to be the first…
Tag: Alzheimer’s disease & dementia
‘Rare positive result’ in trial of new support intervention for people with dementia and their family caregivers
Credit: Jsme MILA from Pexels Research led by Claudia Cooper, Professor of Psychological Medicine at Queen Mary University of London, shows that a new therapy, NIDUS-Family, helps people with dementia…
New tool helps predict progression of Alzheimer’s
Dajiang Zhu, an associate professor in computer science and engineering at UTA. Credit: University of Texas at Arlington About 55 million people worldwide are living with dementia, according to the…
Flagging dementia patients for better hospital care
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Cedars-Sinai investigators are using electronic health records to identify hospitalized patients likely to have dementia. The method they developed, detailed in a study published in the…
Risk of young-onset dementia could be reduced through targeting health and lifestyle factors, finds study
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers have identified a wide range of risk factors for young-onset dementia. The findings challenge the notion that genetics are the sole cause of the condition,…
Predicting Alzheimer’s dementia in oldest of the old
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new study indicates that severity of amyloid deposition in the brain—not just age—may be key to determining who will benefit from new anti-amyloid therapies to…
Digital training program improves quality of life for care residents with dementia—even during the COVID-19 pandemic
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Quality of life for people with dementia living in residential and nursing home care substantially improved after staff took part in a digital training program that…
Research suggests statins may slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Statins could slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, at least for some patients. This is the result of a new study led by Karolinska Institutet published…
Study shows stem cell transplant significantly improves outcomes in refractory juvenile systemic sclerosis
Credit: CC0 Public Domain New research at ACR Convergence 2023, the American College of Rheumatology’s (ACR) annual meeting, shows that patients with refractory juvenile systemic sclerosis improved significantly on nearly…
High biological age may increase the risk of dementia and stroke
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain People who have a higher biological age than their actual chronological age have a significantly increased risk of stroke and dementia, especially vascular dementia. These are…
