Questions about Dementia
Can brain scans show how my dementia is causing my memory to fade?
Yes, brain scans can show patterns of shrinkage and damage linked to memory loss in dementia, but they are one piece of a broader diagnostic picture.
Full answer →Are there new genetic markers for Alzheimer disease found in veteran populations?
Yes, a meta-analysis of the VA Million Veterans Program identified 17 new genetic loci in European, 4 in African, and 3 in Hispanic veteran populations for Alzheimer's disease.
Full answer →Can taking cannabinoids help reduce agitation in severe dementia cases?
Yes, cannabinoids may reduce agitation in severe dementia, but they increase sedation risk and evidence is limited.
Full answer →Will walking while doing a task make me move slower if I have dementia?
Yes, walking while doing a task (dual-tasking) makes people with dementia move slower and take shorter steps compared to walking without a task.
Full answer →Do antipsychotic drugs increase the risk of death for people with dementia?
Yes, antipsychotic drugs significantly increase the risk of death for people with dementia, with a pooled hazard ratio of 1.32 in a large meta-analysis.
Full answer →All Dementia Articles
- Rapid advancements in imaging and blood-based biomarkers are transforming the diagnosis and management of ADRD
- Periodontal disease is associated with a 2.67 odds ratio for Alzheimer's disease
- Extended occupational therapy showed no significant improvement in behavioral symptoms for dementia patients
- MIND diet shows greater cognitive improvement in community-dwelling adults with high biomarker levels over three years
- Regulatory suspension prohibits DCLVA use for Alzheimer's disease due to unresolved physiological uncertainties and scientific gaps
- Ceramides emerge as key players in Alzheimer's pathology but therapeutic targeting faces hurdles
- Obesity in older adults lowers Alzheimer's risk while underweight status and weight loss increase it
- GLP-1 receptor agonists may reduce cognitive decline in type 2 diabetes patients with dementia
- Meta-analysis identifies 311 serum metabolite associations in Alzheimer's disease trajectory
- HMC3 microglial model illuminates neurodegenerative mechanisms and early therapeutic discovery
- TREM2 activation lowers amyloid plaques and tau in Alzheimer's disease animal models across twelve studies
- Adding quantitative FDG-PET interpretation improves specificity in Alzheimer's diagnosis
- Acupuncture Boosts Cognition in Alzheimer's and Mild Cognitive Impairment
- Ethanol exposure and high-fat diet may impair amyloid-beta clearance and promote oxidative stress in Alzheimer's disease
- SLE linked to 53% higher odds of cognitive impairment in meta-analysis of 7 million
- Nutrient and metabolite interventions for neurodegenerative diseases show inconsistent clinical translation
- Dog-assisted therapy significantly improves behavioral symptoms in dementia patients compared to routine care in a systematic review
- Higher EAT-Lancet diet adherence linked to lower risks of depression, anxiety, stroke, and dementia in observational cohorts
- Systematic review finds inflammatory markers elevated in Alzheimer's disease compared to healthy controls across 41 studies
- Oral Semaglutide Failed to Slow Clinical Progression in Early Alzheimer's Disease Across Global Phase 3 Trials
- Narrative review suggests music therapy may improve cognition and neuropsychiatric symptoms in cognitive impairment
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of retinal biomarkers in frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer disease
- Review synthesizes neuroprotective potential of TCM metabolites using zebrafish models for neurological conditions
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of engineered exosomes in preclinical Alzheimer's models
- tDCS improves global cognition in Alzheimer's and MCI
- Depression linked to higher risk of progression from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer's disease and dementia in adults
- Narrative review links personality traits to Alzheimer's disease risk and cognitive outcomes
- Meta-analysis suggests high BMI causally increases vascular-related dementia risk via blood pressure mediation
- Meta-analysis of Mendelian randomization suggests GLP-1 receptor agonism lowers vascular dementia risk
- AI-assisted PET radiomics improves Alzheimer's diagnosis over conventional methods in meta-analysis
- Review highlights microglia-targeted therapies as emerging Alzheimer's strategy beyond amyloid
- Review of nanoparticle systems for Alzheimer's disease brain delivery challenges
- Narrative review of Alzheimer's disease without reported intervention or outcomes
- Antipsychotic use persists in hospitalized dementia patients despite intervention
- Systematic review of AI applications for protein misfolding diseases
- Meta-analysis links acute kidney injury to increased stroke, delirium, and dementia risk
- Exercise interventions significantly improve subjective sleep quality in patients with Alzheimer's disease based on meta-analysis findings
- Systematic review and meta-analysis shows increased mortality risk with antipsychotic drugs in dementia patients
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of dual-task walking in adults with dementia shows slower speed and shorter steps versus controls
- Financial compensation during recruitment did not improve consent rates for Alzheimer's disease study participants in this trial
- Narrative review of Huntington's disease highlights limited clinical validation and safety concerns
- Systematic review finds no significant impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions on behavioral outcomes or quality of life for young-onset dementia patients and caregivers
- Meta-analysis identifies new genetic loci for Alzheimer disease across diverse veteran populations
- FDA Approves Rexulti (brexpiprazole) for Agitation in Alzheimer's Dementia
- FDA Approves Auvelity (dextromethorphan/bupropion) for Major Depressive Disorder and Agitation in Alzheimer's
- Plasma p-tau217 demonstrates high diagnostic accuracy for Alzheimer's disease across diverse clinical cohorts and biomarker definitions
- Meta-analysis links loneliness to Alzheimer's disease and suicidal behavior outcomes
- Systematic review validates eDEM-CONNECTONTO ontology for dementia caregiver support tools
- Narrative review explores ferroptosis-immune crosstalk in CNS diseases as therapeutic target
- Systematic review finds cannabinoids reduce agitation in severe dementia but increase sedation risk
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of dietary restriction in Alzheimer's mouse models
- Pilot study assesses safety and feasibility of young donor plasma replacement in mild cognitive impairment
- Personalized Feature Statistics framework characterizes genetic variant effects in Alzheimer's Disease across diverse ancestries
- Framingham cohort links longitudinal brain atrophy patterns to cognitive decline and AD biomarkers in community-based participants
- Review of cross-sectional EEG study on 32-Hz stimulation in Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment
- Computational model shows individualized gamma stimulation outperforms fixed frequency in Alzheimer's simulation
- MMSE-CDR-SB residual deviation from AD pattern linked to non-AD pathologies in autopsy and clinical cohorts
- Assistive technologies for social health in dementia show limited evidence of effectiveness
- Olfactory decline associated with conversion to mild cognitive impairment and dementia in unimpaired adults
- Systematic review of PPAV11 proteomic signature shows high accuracy for Alzheimer's disease diagnosis and prognosis
- Living alone not linked to incident dementia but associated with higher institutionalization risk in a cohort of 2,269 individuals
- Review of iRBD biomarker-positive participants shows higher rates of cognitive and autonomic symptoms compared to healthy controls
- Computational neuroimaging study finds tDCS anxiety reduction linked to specific fMRI connectivity patterns in older adults
- Early-onset epilepsy associated with higher biomarker abnormality in older adults
- Meta-analysis identifies protein associations with behavioral symptoms in dementia
- Review synthesizes observational data linking earlier menopause to accelerated aging and dementia risk in postmenopausal women
- Sex hormone traits linked to Alzheimer's risk in sex-specific Mendelian randomization study
- Meta-analysis links digital exclusion to functional decline and dementia in older adults
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of Kai-xin-san in animal models of Alzheimer's disease
- CSF α-synuclein SAA detects Lewy body dementia with 95% sensitivity in multicenter cohort
- Review synthesizes genetic and environmental risk factors for dementia with Lewy bodies
- Review of MRI radiomic features aids Alzheimer's disease classification and progression modeling in 382 participants
- Semaglutide linked to lower neuropsychiatric event risk vs other diabetes drugs in observational study
- Elevated Plasma P-tau217 Associated with Cognitive Impairment Onset Up to Four Years Before in Preclinical Alzheimer's
- Rare CNV dosage associated with Alzheimer's disease risk in exome case-control study
- AI-assisted Bayesian framework identifies Alzheimer's gene pathways in single-cell RNA data
- Menopausal hormone therapy initiation around menopause linked to increased Alzheimer's risk
- Meta-analysis finds association between dentition defects and Alzheimer's disease risk
- Meta-analysis finds trivial cognitive effects of amyloid antibodies in mild Alzheimer's disease
- Narrative review examines resveratrol in Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, MS, and cerebral ischemia with noted limitations
- Mixed-methods review evaluates usability of iSupport-Malaysia for dementia caregivers in Malaysia
- FDA Approves DATSCAN (ioflupane I-123) for Striatal Dopamine Transporter Visualization in Suspected Parkinsonian Syndromes or Dementia with Lewy Bodies
- Observational review of phenoconversion rates and biomarker alignment in Parkinson's disease genetic cohorts
- Review of UK Biobank data identifies plasma protein mediators in cardiometabolic disease progression
- Literature review synthesizes Schisandra chinensis effects on gut microbiota and metabolic pathways across multiple conditions
- Observational analysis of a multi-channel blood biomarker framework for Alzheimer's amyloid detection
- Plasma proteomics profiling reveals differential protein expression in Alzheimer's and frontotemporal dementia
- Genome-wide association study identifies inverse association between HSV-1 DNA and Alzheimer's disease risk
- Nocturnal sensor signals may predict next-day agitation in dementia cohorts
- APOE epsilon4 allele frequencies vary widely across Indian populations with implications for dementia risk assessment
- Symmetry-informed inverse learning model evaluated for metastasis and Alzheimer disease detection on healthy brain MRI slices
- Review of bilingualism effects on naming performance in Catalan-Spanish speakers with cognitive impairment
- NIH News in Health issue lists items on DLD, pancreatic cancer test, air pollution, dementia medications
- Posdinemab shows linear pharmacokinetics and predicted tau reduction in Phase 1 AD study
- Systematic review summarizes complement system alterations in Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis and therapeutic potential
- Bayesian network meta-analysis evaluates antidiabetic medications and dementia risk in 4,382,897 patients
- Mini-review synthesizes dementia risk and cognitive trajectories in individuals with schizophrenia
- Brain reserve moderates AD pathology associations with cognitive function in cognitively unimpaired adults
- Plasma biomarker models show high discrimination but NPV decline in cross-cohort Alzheimer's validation
- Disability benefit take-up varied by cause of death and geography in England and Wales
- VeraBIND Tau assay predicts tau-PET positivity in older adults with high sensitivity and specificity
- Biological age acceleration linked to faster progression from cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic disease to dementia
- Narrative review examines depression-dementia relationship in aging populations
- SILA algorithm estimates tau positivity onset from PET imaging in Alzheimer's disease cohorts
- Systematic review hypothesizes vitamin D3 and A combination may mitigate neurodegeneration
- FDA Approves Ingrezza Sprinkle (valbenazine) for Tardive Dyskinesia and Chorea Associated with Huntington’s Disease
- Meta-analysis links specific TOMM40 polymorphisms to Alzheimer's disease risk in thirteen included articles
- Neuroimaging characteristics of early-onset Alzheimer's disease remain poorly elucidated compared to late-onset forms
- Frailty associated with higher odds of incident all-cause dementia and Alzheimer's disease in 835,992 participants
- Genetic correlation between kidney function and Alzheimer disease is absent in European and African ancestry cohorts
- AI speech analysis distinguishes Alzheimer's disease from controls with high accuracy in a German cohort
- Lecanemab slowed cognitive decline in ApoE4 non-carriers and heterozygotes with early Alzheimer's disease
- China's rehabilitation needs for neurological disorders increased significantly from 1990 to 2021
- 6-metabolite blood biomarkers aid differential diagnosis of Parkinson's disease versus healthy controls and other neurodegenerative conditions
- Luteolin shows neuroprotective potential in preclinical models for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Huntington's, and multiple sclerosis
- Active bilingualism associated with better neuropsychological function and biomarker profiles in Alzheimer's disease compared to passive bilingualism
- FDG-PET reveals dysregulated glucose metabolism as a common feature across late-onset neurodegenerative diseases with unique patterns
- Spatial coupling of enlarged perivascular spaces and white matter lesions observed across Alzheimer's disease continuum stages
- Multidomain approaches and specific supplements show promise for Alzheimer's disease prevention and management in at-risk elderly populations
- Exercise intervention improved global cognitive function in adults aged 60+ with Alzheimer's disease
- South American experts reach consensus on some dementia screening protocol elements for primary care
- Review summarizes Aβ-targeted Alzheimer's vaccine progress from failed first-generation to promising next-generation candidates
- BP variability and pulse pressure associated with cognitive decline in type 2 diabetes patients
- Dementia associated with higher advance directive completion and surrogate involvement in end-of-life care
- Systematic review finds wide variation in neurodegenerative disease prevalence among older Russian adults
- NeuroFM foundation model enables brain health profiling and dementia risk estimation from MRI
- Digital memory assessment and plasma pTau217 identify preclinical Alzheimer's disease participants at elevated risk for progression
- History of falls is associated with increased risk of future dementia in adults aged 40 years and older
- U.S. dementia death rates in 2017 were highest among non-Hispanic white persons
- Normative modeling of brain structure in healthy individuals elucidates cortical atrophy patterns in Alzheimer's disease
- Plasma p-tau217 shows no correlation with age or comorbidity in adolescents
- Observational study links frailty index and neuroimaging markers to dementia risk in UK Biobank cohort
- Caregivers of dementia patients report insufficient support for nighttime agitation
- Active bilingualism associated with delayed symptom onset in Alzheimer's disease clinical stages
- Bilingualism associated with different gray matter patterns in Alzheimer's variants but comparable cognition
- Observational study derives six-stage amyloid-tau PET model for Alzheimer's disease progression
- Qualitative study identifies systemic barriers and caregiver burden in Latino dementia care navigation
- Methodological analysis questions predictive value of plasma p-tau217 disease clocks for Alzheimer's onset
- Meta-analysis finds 58% prevalence of dementia-relevant MRI abnormalities in LMIC patients
- Hormone therapy shows no significant effect on Alzheimer's biomarker changes in postmenopausal women
- Pilot RCT: Telehealth palliative care model may reduce hospital visits in dementia patients
- Plant-based diet adherence associated with lower cognitive impairment risk in meta-analysis
- Meta-analysis finds distinct fMRI activation patterns in MCI and Alzheimer's disease during cognitive tasks
- Review organizes pharmacological strategies targeting gut-brain axis for neurological and psychiatric disorders
- Body weight variability associated with increased dementia risk in meta-analysis of cohort studies
- Ketamine shows cognitive effects in animal models but cognitive worsening in human Huntington's disease study
- Meta-analysis finds Icariin improves cognition in Alzheimer's animal models at 68 mg/kg dose
- Anosognosia and Theory of Mind Deficits Independently Associated with Caregiver Distress in Dementia
- mHealth program reduces caregiver burden for dementia-diabetes caregivers in RCT