Dementia

Patients with overweight or obesity who used maridebart cafraglutide experienced significant weight loss at 1 year, according to a presentation at World Congress on Insulin Resistance, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease.

Younger age at type 2 diabetes diagnosis was significantly associated with elevated dementia risk, especially for individuals with obesity, according to results published in PLOS One.

A new guideline published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association summarizes best practices for specialists and primary care providers on how to evaluate patients with suspected Alzheimer’s disease or related disorders.

At the Alzheimer's Association International Conference, the Lancet Commission unveiled two new modifiable risk factors for dementia: high cholesterol and vision loss.

Antibiotic use was not associated with incident dementia, cognitive impairment with no dementia or accelerated cognitive decline among a large cohort of healthy Australian older adults, according to a post-hoc analysis of the ASPREE trial.

Sleep-disordered breathing and worse oxygenation were linked to larger hippocampal volumes a decade later in Hispanic and Latino adults, according to a study published in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Several glucagon-like peptide-1, or GLP-1, receptor agonists may be associated with reduced risk for a dementia diagnosis in older adults with diabetes, according to a recent study from Epic Research.

In older adults, particularly Black adults, elevated blood pressure variability was associated with lower cognitive score at follow up, according to a study published in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Large retrospective studies have demonstrated that visual impairment is a risk factor for developing cognitive impairment, including dementia.

Sudden cardiac death is the main cause of medical death among recreational and professional athletes and remains a public health issue, according to a review published in The Lancet.