Alzheimer’s Disease/Dementia News

A Vancouver-based biopharmaceutical company has secured a notice of allowance, presaging a U.S. patent for a crystalline formulation of a novel acetylcholinesterase inhibitor to treat Alzheimer’s disease.

In two large trials of individuals with Parkinson’s disease, dementia occurred less frequently and later in the disease course than previously thought, according to new research published in Neurology.

Treating high blood pressure later in life may mitigate risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease among older individuals, according to a meta-analysis published in Neurology.

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.