Alzheimer’s Disease/Dementia News

Researchers identified quantifiable differences between older adults who developed Alzheimer’s disease and those who did not using diffusion weighted MRI.

CHICAGO — At the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, HHS released the second edition of the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, which provides new recommendations for children and adolescents aged 3 years through 17 years.

A study published in Radiology showed that a deep learning model predicted Alzheimer’s disease with 82% specificity and 100% sensitivity about 6 years before diagnosis by using fluorine 18 fluorodeoxyglucose PET imaging studies of the brain.

The use of antiepileptic drugs may elevate risk for stroke in patients with Alzheimer’s disease, with the risk not changing based on antiepileptic drug type, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Clinical trial participants receiving concomitant medications for dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease — particularly memantine added to cholinesterase inhibitors —showed faster rate of cognitive decline, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Strategies shown to decrease intestinal and blood-brain barrier permeability — like probiotics, prebiotics and supplements such as fish oil — may help subgroups of patients with depression and other psychiatric disorders, according to a presenter here.

Results from a large-scale analysis published in Nature Genetics support dysregulation of messenger RNA splicing in the aging brain as a feature of Alzheimer’s disease.

Atrial fibrillation was linked to an increased risk for dementia and faster cognitive decline, according to findings recently published in Neurology.

An estimated 44.7 million U.S. adults aged 18 years or older experienced a mental illness in 2016, according to the NIMH. In addition, an estimated 10.4 million adults in the United States experienced serious mental illness.

Electroencephalography, or EEG, technology that measures brain function could encourage earlier diagnoses of common mental and neurological disorders, including autism, ADHD and dementia, according to findings published in The Neurodiagnostic Journal.