Alzheimer's Disease/Cognition News

PHILADELPHIA — An analysis of more than 15 million Americans enrolled in Medicare found that those enrolled in the Medicare Advantage plan had a 4% lower dementia diagnosis rate than those in traditional Medicare, according to a presenter.

PHILADELPHIA — Consuming a high-sugar diet over 10 days was associated with memory issues as well as negative cardiometabolic health compared with a low-sugar diet, according to a poster presentation.

Older adults with diabetes who spend less time within their individualized HbA1c target range have a higher risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease and dementias, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

For midlife women, better cognitive function — specifically ability, attention, processing speed and executive function — was associated with a lower likelihood of lower urinary tract symptoms, researchers reported in Menopause.

New and chronic anxiety were associated with an increased risk for all-cause dementia, especially among individuals aged 70 years and younger, according to a study published in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

Individuals with a higher Brain Care Score had a significantly lower risk for late-life depression, dementia and stroke, according to a study published in Frontiers in Psychiatry.

PHILADELPHIA — In a small cohort of individuals with mild cognitive impairment or dementia, sleep disruption was associated with weekly agitation level, according to a presenter.

PHILADELPHIA — Emergency medical service providers face challenges such as diagnosis, proper intervention and surrogate decision-making in treating critically ill individuals with dementia who require urgent medical intervention, according to a poster.

PHILADELPHIA — Treatment with lecanemab slowed the progression of a potential novel Alzheimer’s disease-related biomarker by 44% over 18 months compared with placebo, with the biomarker itself most correlating with tauopathy, data show.

PHILADELPHIA — Longer sleep duration may be linked to neurodegeneration as a likely risk factor for future cognitive decline and dementia, with depression also influencing sleep and cognitive deficit, according to a poster presentation.