Alzheimer’s Disease/Dementia News

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.

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.

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.

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.

Women with breast cancer who underwent hormone-modulating therapy exhibited a reduced risk for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, according to results of a retrospective cohort study.

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.