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A blood-based biomarker test may be a reliable method for predicting or ruling out Alzheimer’s disease-related pathology and subsequently for assisting clinicians in formulating a treatment plan for patients, according to new research.

Mild and reversible AKI was tied to an increased risk for probable dementia and mild cognitive impairment in older adults with high cardiovascular risk, data show.

Heat exposure may be linked to increased risk for hyponatremia for older adults, particularly women, according to results of a cross-sectional study of hospitalized adults.

Placental growth factor, a blood-based protein, may be a reliable method to detect abnormalities in the brain that presage cognitive impairment indicative of Alzheimer’s disease, data show.

According to a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, or NASEM, moderate alcohol consumption may lower the risk for death from all causes and CVD.

The risk for dementia was greater among former professional soccer players compared with the general population, according to results from a Scotland-based cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.

Daily nut consumption among older adults corresponded with a sustained healthy lifespan that lacked adverse health outcomes like dementia or physical disabilities, results of a prospective cohort study suggest.

October 29 is World Stroke Day, which aims to raise awareness of the condition and how to prevent it.

Falling was associated with an increased risk for a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias in older adults, according to a recent analysis in JAMA Network Open.