Alzheimer’s Disease/Dementia News

Mounting evidence suggests that herpes simplex virus 1 may be associated with an increased risk for Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, according to a systematic review of published studies.

For clinicians who treat patients with Alzheimer’s disease, quantification of amyloid positron emission tomography was feasible and possessed a high degree of concordance with visual analysis, according to a presentation at CTAD.

Technology was found to be both easy to use and highly acceptable in a cohort of those with Alzheimer’s-related agitation and their caregivers, according to a poster presentation at CTAD.

A customized speech transcription model logged roughly 30% fewer errors compared with manual or automated methods and may be a more effective tool in assessing verbal Alzheimer’s disease-related impairment.

Individuals with mild cognitive impairment performed faster on functional skills assessments and logged fewer dropouts when undergoing concurrent burst cognitive training, according to a poster from CTAD.

Participation in memory-based digital cognitive testing and blood-based biomarker assays for Alzheimer’s-related pathology was linked to successful enrollment into clinical trials for disease-modifying treatment, according to research.

The FDA has granted orphan drug designation to an investigational oral therapeutic for the treatment of Huntington’s disease, according to the manufacturer.

For individuals exposed to athletic-related head contact, glial fibrillary acidic protein may help identify those who are at risk for progressive regional brain atrophy and cognitive decline, per data from Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy.

In a diverse cohort of Hispanic/Latino individuals, longer sleep duration was associated with lower total brain and gray matter volume, according to research published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia.

Older adults with high levels or low levels of HDL had a small increased risk for dementia compared with those with average levels, researchers reported in Neurology.