Alzheimer's Disease/Cognition News

Individuals who engaged in some form of exercise or physical activity on a regular or semi-regular basis demonstrated better brain health compared with inactive individuals, according to research from Nature Aging.

Mortality data from 1999 to 2020 revealed an upward trend in dementia-related mortality in the United States, especially among Black adults and women, according to a study published in The Primary Care Companion for CNS Disorders.

A Vancouver-based biopharmaceutical company has secured a notice of allowance, presaging a U.S. patent for a crystalline formulation of a novel acetylcholinesterase inhibitor to treat Alzheimer’s disease.

A Georgia-based biotechnology company has secured a U.S. patent for an exosome-based therapy to treat neuroinflammation that occurs in a range of neurodegenerative disease, according to the manufacturer.

Treating high blood pressure later in life may mitigate risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease among older individuals, according to a meta-analysis published in Neurology.

Severe menopause symptoms, such as hot flashes and depressive mood, were associated with mild cognitive impairment for postmenopausal women, researchers reported in Menopause.

PHILADELPHIA — A podcast that offers guidance for living with dementia as well as a space for those with lived experience to share their stories has received favorable reviews, according to a poster.

PHILADELPHIA — A computerized cognitive battery was effective in detecting cognitive impairment and amyloid presence in preclinical Alzheimer’s disease, James E. Galvin, MD, MPH, said in this Healio Video Perspective.

Adults who received the recombinant zoster vaccine had a significantly lower risk for dementia over the next 6 years compared with live vaccine recipients, study results published in Nature Medicine revealed.

PHILADELPHIA — In this Healio Video Perspective, Suzanne E. Schindler, MD, PhD, revealed phosphorylated tau biomarker assays were most accurate in identifying amyloid positron emission tomography status in Alzheimer’s disease.