Alzheimer's Disease/Cognition News

A new guideline published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association summarizes best practices for specialists and primary care providers on how to evaluate patients with suspected Alzheimer’s disease or related disorders.

Healio Neurology looks back at the most popular Q&As with industry and specialty experts from the past year.

Healio Neurology looks back at the most-viewed stories during the past year. Highlights include Biogen’s discontinuation of Aduhelm and a former NIH neuroscience director found guilty of research misconduct.

Antibiotic use was not associated with incident dementia, cognitive impairment with no dementia or accelerated cognitive decline among a large cohort of healthy Australian older adults, according to a post-hoc analysis of the ASPREE trial.

Sleep-disordered breathing and worse oxygenation were linked to larger hippocampal volumes a decade later in Hispanic and Latino adults, according to a study published in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Several glucagon-like peptide-1, or GLP-1, receptor agonists may be associated with reduced risk for a dementia diagnosis in older adults with diabetes, according to a recent study from Epic Research.

According to results from the exploratory phase 2 SHIMMER clinical trial, a small molecule oligomer antagonist improved outcomes in patients with dementia with Lewy bodies.

The risk for dementia was greater among former professional soccer players compared with the general population, according to results from a Scotland-based cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.

SAN DIEGO — Psychological and neurocognitive screening may help monitor mental and physical health among people with sickle cell disease, according to a speaker at ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition.

In older adults, particularly Black adults, elevated blood pressure variability was associated with lower cognitive score at follow up, according to a study published in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.