Mild Cognitive Impairment

In a cohort of older community-dwelling women, unfavorable sleep patterns were associated with cognitive impairment and higher dementia risk, according to data published in Neurology.

A “pitch-shifting” technique may help mitigate privacy risks of digital voice analyses while preserving features needed to determine cognitive health, according to researchers.

Current use of antidepressants corresponded with faster cognitive decline in older adults with dementia, a cohort analysis published in BMC Medicine indicated.

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.

Prolonged rapid eye movement sleep latency may be an early indicator of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, according to research conducted in China and published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia.

An interpretive machine learning model may be a feasible method for measuring agitation in dementia as well as in predicting certain environmental factors that are likely to contribute to the condition, according to a study.

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.

Treatment with an oral allosteric modulator was nonsuperior to placebo at 6 weeks in adults with Parkinson’s disease whose symptoms included fall risk and cognitive issues, data from JAMA Neurology show.

A novel statistical model may be a reliable method to predict the age of onset for both mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease-related dementia, according to research published in JAMA Network Open.

Revised guidelines for amyloid and tau positron emission tomography for Alzheimer’s disease and dementia state these tests should only be ordered if the results will directly impact care, like when determining treatment eligibility.