NIH News in Health issue lists items on DLD, pancreatic cancer test, air pollution, dementia medications
New research looks at pancreatic cancer and dementia, but the details are missing.
This source is an NIH News in Health table of contents listing five consumer-facing items: detecting developmental language disorder (DLD), …
A new test may find early pancreatic cancer, but the study lacks details on who was tested or what results were found.
Mini-review synthesizes dementia risk and cognitive trajectories in individuals with schizophrenia.
Do people with schizophrenia face a higher risk of dementia, and what does that mean for their care?
This mini-review examines the relationship between schizophrenia and dementia, covering Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, and other fo…
People with schizophrenia face a two- to threefold higher risk of dementia, but it's not a direct path to Alzheimer's—brain development, agi…
Disability benefit take-up varied by cause of death and geography in England and Wales.
Millions Miss Out on Money Before Death
This retrospective cohort study examined 1,049,493 decedents aged 16 or older in England and Wales with chronic illnesses. Receipt of non-me…
In England and Wales, one out of three people dying from expected causes like cancer or heart disease never receive the financial benefits t…
Narrative review examines depression-dementia relationship in aging populations
Could Depression Be an Early Warning Sign of Dementia?
A narrative review explores the complex relationship between depression and dementia in aging populations, examining whether depression repr…
Depression and dementia share biology, and spotting and treating depression early may help protect long-term brain health.
SILA algorithm estimates tau positivity onset from PET imaging in Alzheimer's disease cohorts
A New Brain Scan Tool Can Predict Alzheimer's 20 Years Before Symptoms
A cohort study of 673 participants from ADNI and WISC applied the SILA algorithm to longitudinal tau PET imaging. The algorithm estimated ta…
A new brain scan tool can pinpoint when toxic proteins start building up in the brain, predicting Alzheimer's 20 years before symptoms appea…
Frailty associated with higher odds of incident all-cause dementia and Alzheimer's disease in 835,992 participants.
Frailty Doubles Your Dementia Risk
This systematic review and meta-analysis of observational cohort studies involving 835,992 participants assessed the association between fra…
Checking for frailty could help doctors spot dementia risks earlier and start prevention sooner.
BP variability and pulse pressure associated with cognitive decline in type 2 diabetes patients
Blood pressure swings linked to thinking problems in people with type 2 diabetes
A secondary analysis of 9,586 patients with type 2 diabetes from the ADVANCE trial found that higher blood pressure variability and baseline…
For people with type 2 diabetes, big swings in blood pressure are linked to a higher risk of memory and thinking problems down the road.
South American experts reach consensus on some dementia screening protocol elements for primary care
Experts reach consensus on some dementia screening steps for South American primary care
A Delphi consensus study with 20 South American experts developed recommendations for dementia screening in primary care. Experts agreed on …
South American doctors agree on simple steps to screen for dementia early, though they still need to decide on the best tools for checking d…
Dementia associated with higher advance directive completion and surrogate involvement in end-of-life care
Study compares end-of-life decision-making for older adults with and without dementia
An observational study of 5,389 U.S. decedents aged 50+ found those with dementia had higher advance directive completion (81.3% vs. 69.1%) …
Older adults with dementia in the U.S. were more likely to have advance directives and family involvement in care decisions than those witho…
Systematic review finds wide variation in neurodegenerative disease prevalence among older Russian adults
How common are dementia and Parkinson's in Russia? The answer varies wildly.
A systematic review and meta-analysis of 20 community-based studies in Russia found dementia prevalence ranged from 0.5% to 81.6%, cognitive…
Dementia and Parkinson's rates in Russia swing wildly from 0.5% to over 80% depending on how doctors diagnose patients and which age groups …
NeuroFM foundation model enables brain health profiling and dementia risk estimation from MRI
Can a single brain scan model predict your future dementia risk?
A cohort study evaluated NeuroFM, a foundation model trained on 100,000 synthetic brain volumes and tested on 136,361 real volumes. The mode…
A new brain scan model learned from healthy images to spot dementia risk years before diagnosis without needing disease labels.
History of falls is associated with increased risk of future dementia in adults aged 40 years and older.
Falls in Middle Age May Signal Higher Risk of Future Dementia
This systematic review and meta-analysis examined the association between a history of falls and the future development of dementia in middl…
Falls in middle age may signal a higher risk of future dementia, suggesting doctors should watch for balance issues as an early warning sign…