Neurology News

Omega-3 fatty acid may reduce the risk for cognitive decline and could be particularly helpful for populations at high genetic risk for Alzheimer’s disease, according to researchers.

After re-examining more than 20 meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials, researchers said they found “inconclusive evidence” supporting a positive link between regular physical exercise and cognition in healthy participants.

More than 40% of patients with long COVID reported having mild to severe sleep disturbances, with Black individuals and those hospitalized for COVID-19 at greater risk for worsened sleep, a recent study found.

A modified Mediterranean ketogenic diet was associated with changes in a biological pathway linked to Alzheimer’s disease among older adults with mild cognitive impairment, according to study results published in Alzheimer’s and Dementia.

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Women with high blood pressure during pregnancy, particularly preeclampsia or eclampsia, experienced a greater decline in cognitive function later in life, according to findings published in Neurology.

In the United States, some underrepresented racial and ethnic populations were more likely to face subjective cognitive decline, according to CDC researchers, and fewer than half discussed their symptoms with a health care provider.

Individuals who consumed MIND and Mediterranean diets had fewer amyloid plaques and tau tangles in their brain, which are indicators of Alzheimer’s disease, according to researchers.

Perceived stress was associated with both prevalent and incident cognitive function impairment in Black and white older adults, underlining the need for stress assessments among high-risk adults in primary care, according to researchers.

SAN DIEGO — Older men with MS who used androgen-modifying treatments experienced last disease activity at a later age compared with women and men who refrained from these treatments, according to a poster at ACTRIMS 2023.