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Alzheimer disease
31 posts
TBI May Reactivate Herpes Virus Leading to Neurodegeneration
[ad_1] Mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) may reactivate latent herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) in the brain…
January 8, 2025
Use of Biomarkers for Alzheimer’s Disease in Primary Care
[ad_1] In our previous case-based review, I teased the opportunity to use biomarkers to increase the accuracy and…
November 11, 2024
Novel Intervention Slows Cognitive Decline in At-Risk Adults
[ad_1] Combining cognitive remediation (CR) with transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) was associated with slower cognitive decline for…
November 3, 2024
Finger-Prick Test for Alzheimer’s Disease?
[ad_1] A finger-prick blood test can accurately identify p-tau217 — a key biomarker of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) —…
November 2, 2024
What Are The Ethical Costs?
[ad_1] This transcript has been edited for clarity. Hi. I’m Art Caplan, at the Division of Medical Ethics…
September 10, 2024
How Vision Impairment Contributes to Dementia in Seniors
[ad_1] TOPLINE: Addressing vision impairments could help with dementia prevention, as vision impairment is linked to 19% of…
September 9, 2024
Nighttime Outdoor Light Pollution Linked to Alzheimer’s Risk
[ad_1] Living in areas saturated with artificial outdoor light at night is associated with an increased risk for…
September 6, 2024
Vision Loss a Dementia Risk Factor? What Do the Data Say?
[ad_1] In 2019, 57 million people worldwide were living with dementia, a figure expected to soar to 153…
August 16, 2024
Promising New Data Support GLP-1s for Dementia Prevention
[ad_1] A new study supports the potential to repurpose glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists, used to treat…
July 31, 2024
Tau Blood Test Flags Preclinical Alzheimer’s Disease
[ad_1] Plasma phosphorylated (p)-tau217 testing can help identify preclinical Alzheimer’s disease (AD), which could aid clinical trial recruitment. …
July 30, 2024