Dementia & cognitive health
Anaemia in later life is linked to Alzheimer’s-related blood changes and a higher dementia risk, a study suggests. Anaemia is a condition marked by low haemoglobin, the protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen around the body. The findings suggest anaemia may not only be a risk factor for dementia, but could also interact [...]
Ageing biomarkers may aid Alzheimer's diagnosis, with research suggesting they could help distinguish the condition from other brain disorders. Research led by Dr Bryan Ng, Prof Nick Fox and Prof Henrik Zetterberg at the UK DRI at UCL showed that biomarkers linked to ageing are altered in people with Alzheimer's. Alzheimer's is marked by a [...]
A nasal spray can slow brain ageing, cut brain inflammation and restore memory in two doses, with effects lasting months, according to a new study. Researchers from Texas A&M University in the US said the spray could reshape future therapies for conditions such as Alzheimer's disease, and may even change what is known about brain [...]
Article produced in association with Spital Clinic Few health worries are as common in midlife as the question of whether the brain fog that arrives with menopause is a sign of something more serious. Forgotten names, lost words, scattered concentration - and all of it in a decade of life when Alzheimer's disease begins its [...]
So-called 'gamechanger' Alzheimer’s drugs made little noticeable difference for patients in trials, according to a review of anti-amyloid drugs. The analysis looked at trials involving people with mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia. It found the effects of anti-amyloid drugs on cognition and dementia severity over 18 months were “trivial”, while gains in functional ability [...]
Loneliness may harm memory at first, but a major European study tracking more than 10,000 people over seven years suggests it does not speed dementia decline over time. Study participants who reported high levels of loneliness performed worse on memory tests at the start of the research period. However, their ability to recall information declined at [...]
A Picasso raffle offering a €1m portrait with €100 tickets is set to raise money for Alzheimer’s research. Picasso painted the gouache-on-paper Tête de Femme (Head of a Woman) in 1941. The raffle organisers’ online sales platform says the number of tickets will be capped at 120,000, meaning the draw could net €12m if they [...]
A plant-rich diet may lower dementia risk, even when people start it in their late 50s or 60s, according to a new study. Older adults who cut many unhealthy foods from their diet over a decade had an 11 per cent lower risk of Alzheimer's and dementia than adults whose diets did not change, Lim [...]
An Alzheimer's pill was linked to slower brain shrinkage and improved cognition over nearly three years in early disease, a new analysis suggests. The benefits seen in people with early Alzheimer's disease after a year of treatment with blarcamesine were sustained over nearly three years, according to new analysis from Anavex Life Sciences. Patients treated [...]
Having higher levels of vitamin D in the blood in middle age is associated with lower levels of tau protein in the brain, which is a sign of dementia, years later, according to a recent study. The study does not prove that vitamin D levels lower the level of tau and the risk of dementia; [...]
