New criteria for diagnosing, staging Alzheimer’s stirs controversy
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Kristen Fischer
Jul 01, 2024
The Alzheimer’s Association set out new criteria for diagnosing and staging Alzheimer’s based on recent advancements, especially biomarkers that can biologically detect the disease instead of relying...
Clinical briefs for Thursday, May 23
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Kristen Fischer
May 22, 2024
Trial eyes RNA’s role in Alzheimer’s disease … Report: Coating around medical implants can stop scar tissue from growing … After hip replacement, here’s what to expect from rehab … Low-fat...
Two brain proteins linked to dementia could spot it earlier, study finds
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Kristen Fischer
May 13, 2024
A new study finds that peripheral glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and neurofilament light chain (NfL), two proteins in the brain, could be biomarkers that clinicians can use to spot dementia early....
NYU Langone Health institute receives $31M to study aging, vascular risks
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Kristen Fischer
Apr 15, 2024
The National Institutes of Health has awarded Optimal Aging Institute at NYU Langone Health $31 million for a 10-university cohort to study how vascular risk factors contribute to dementia and other age-related...
Certain blood proteins can predict dementia 10 years before diagnosis, study finds
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Kristen Fischer
Feb 14, 2024
Specific proteins in the blood are better than others at predicting future dementia in healthy adults, a new study shows.
Amyloid buildup, small vessel disease tied to cognitive function in older adults with type 2 diabetes
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Kristen Fischer
Feb 05, 2024
Scientists don’t have all the answers when it comes to understanding the link between diabetes and cognitive decline, especially when it comes to biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease.
Periodontitis, brain scans show possible link with Alzheimer’s, dementia
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Kristen Fischer
Jan 30, 2024
Periodontitis may sound as if it’s strictly an oral health problem, but a study published Jan. 26 in Alzheimer’s & Dementia loosely links it to the risk for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias...
Test to detect Parkinson’s shows promise, report says
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Kristen Fischer
Jan 09, 2024
Similar to how researchers are coming up with biomarker tests for Alzheimer’s and related dementias, a team of investigators are working on a blood test to detect Parkinson’s disease.
Study: Blood test spots cognitive decline biomarkers in midlife women
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Kristen Fischer
Jan 02, 2024
A team of researchers has pinpointed two blood biomarkers that are linked to cognitive function changes that can happen to women in midlife. Authors of the study say this could lead to developments for...
Alzheimer’s diagnosis via a finger prick test? That could be coming soon
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Kristen Fischer
Jul 20, 2023
Researchers say they’re one step closer to being able to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease using a finger prick blood test. The test has the potential to be used at home and reach more people, they...