McConnell Released With Broken Rib; U.S. Sues Rite Aid; VA Covers Alzheimer's Drug Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by MedPage Today staff Mar 14, 2023
Autopsies Show Relationship Between Alzheimer's Pathology and Diet in Older Adults Green leafy vegetable intake inversely correlated with pathology in postmortem brain tissue Mar 08, 2023
We May Be Better at Fending Off Dementia, Autopsies Suggest Neurodegeneration pathologies look similar across birth epochs as dementia incidence declines Feb 20, 2023
There's No 'Recipe' to Reduce Dementia Risk -- Yet Until more evidence emerges, here's how to discuss it with patients Feb 13, 2023
Alzheimer's Trials Need New Expectations, Experts Say Work group aims to reframe clinically meaningful benefit in Alzheimer's treatment trials Feb 08, 2023
Blood Test Predicts Which People With Amyloid Are Likely to Decline Cognitively Plasma p-tau217 outperformed other preclinical Alzheimer's measures Feb 06, 2023
Their Alzheimer's Disease Didn't Worsen. Why? Case reports find one healthy habit in common Feb 03, 2023
Viruses Tied to Subsequent Dementia, Other Neurodegenerative Diseases Viral encephalitis and Alzheimer's disease showed strongest links Jan 30, 2023
Update on Long COVID; Social Stress on the Immune System Also in TTHealthWatch: viruses and neurodegenerative diseases Jan 28, 2023 podcast
More Antipsychotics Given for Dementia During Pandemic Rates remained high into 2021, despite lifting of pandemic restrictions Jan 26, 2023
Memory Decline Tied to Lifestyle Factors Healthy lifestyle slowed memory loss, even in APOE4 carriers Jan 25, 2023
Cutting Back on Smoking No Help for Dementia Risk But large study of long-time smokers confirms reduced risk with quitting altogether Jan 19, 2023
What Happens When Patients Learn About Their Alzheimer's Status? Knowledge of amyloid wasn't benign, but psychological changes didn't reach clinical concern level Jan 13, 2023
To Prescribe or Not to Prescribe: Lecanemab Wins FDA Accelerated Approval Questions and barriers remain Jan 12, 2023
Alzheimer's Disease Detected in Blood a Decade Before Clinical Symptoms GFAP levels change before tau, neurodegeneration biomarkers Jan 11, 2023
Alzheimer's Drug Lecanemab Wins FDA Approval Anti-amyloid showed modest benefit in phase III trial, but was linked to adverse events Jan 06, 2023
Earlier Health Conditions Tied to Subsequent Dementia Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia links are time-dependent Jan 05, 2023
Scattered Brain Bleeds, Vasculitis in Alzheimer's Trial Death Case report is published days ahead of FDA lecanemab decision Jan 04, 2023
Congressional Probe of Alzheimer's Drug Approval Finds Fault With FDA Actions Investigation reveals Biogen's "aggressive launch and marketing plans" Dec 30, 2022
Novel Blood Test Detects Alzheimer's Neurodegeneration Brain-derived tau distinguished Alzheimer's from other dementias Dec 30, 2022
'Greenness' Tied to Lower Hospitalization Risk for Neurodegenerative Diseases "The environment that we live in affects our health in multiple ways," says study author Dec 22, 2022
5-ARIs Not Linked to Risk of Dementia Over the Long Term However, finasteride and dutasteride were associated with an increased risk of depression Dec 22, 2022
Brain Vitamin D Tied to Cognitive Function No links seen with Alzheimer's or dementia pathology, however Dec 08, 2022
Use It, or Lose It: Hearing Aids Linked to Cognitive Benefit Treating hearing loss makes a difference, meta-analysis suggests Dec 05, 2022
Chris Hemsworth's APOE4 Alzheimer's Gene The Thor actor recently learned about his genetic predisposition Dec 01, 2022
Alzheimer's Drug Slows Decline, Trial Data Show Lecanemab met primary and secondary endpoints, but was associated with adverse events Nov 30, 2022
Second Trial Participant Dies in Alzheimer's Drug Study "All eyes are on lecanemab," a closely watched anti-amyloid treatment Nov 28, 2022
Thor's Alzheimer's Risk; Fake Doc Gets Life Sentence; $1M for Chance of Longer Life Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by MedPage Today staff Nov 18, 2022
Brain Aging in Black Adults Shows Accelerated Pattern Starting in Midlife Links between age and MRI measures similarly strong in both mid- and late life Nov 14, 2022
Dementia Signs Emerge Up to 9 Years Before Diagnoses Cognitive, functional changes spotted in pre-Alzheimer's patients and others Oct 15, 2022
Does Diet Matter? Study Questions Links Between Diet and Dementia Diet combined with other risk-reduction strategies may show different results Oct 12, 2022
Would Lecanemab Be Right for My Alzheimer's Patient? Even after the trial data are published, questions will remain before the drug can be approved Oct 07, 2022
AAO Roundup: Glaucoma Subtype Linked to Alzheimer's Disease Risk Other studies report fewer reoperations with combo eye surgery and vision risk with shingles Oct 06, 2022
Can Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Reduce Dementia Risk? DREAM study findings conflict with other recent data Oct 04, 2022
Dementia Diagnosis Linked to Suicide Risk almost seven times higher for people with diagnosis before age 65 Oct 03, 2022
Alzheimer's Drug Slows Cognitive Decline; Vaccine-Asthma Link; What Drives Burnout? Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by MedPage Today staff Sep 28, 2022
How Genes Affect Healthy Life Years; Active Surveillance for Prostate Cancer Also in TTHealthWatch: predicting who will respond to CAR-T therapy Sep 24, 2022 podcast
Early, Midlife Infections Up Alzheimer's, Parkinson's Risk Multiple hospital-treated infections before age 40 doubled risk of subsequent Alzheimer's Sep 23, 2022
Rexulti Calms Alzheimer's Dementia-Related Agitation But atypical antipsychotic disappoints in borderline personality disorder Sep 19, 2022
Alzheimer's and COVID: Is There a Link? Study mines electronic health records to find out Sep 16, 2022