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The Ministry of Health and Prevention in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has approved Leqembi (lecanemab) an Alzheimer's treatment - where 4.09% of those over 60 years old have dementia. Leqembi's approval in the UAE is based on a large global Phase 3 Clarity AD study in which Leqembi met its primary endpoint and all [...]

WHO Europe is to host a webinar on 17 September to explore the intersection of healthy ageing and digital health. As the global population ages, ensuring the health and wellbeing of older adults becomes increasingly urgent. The United Nations estimates that the population aged over 60 years will reach 2.1 billion by 2050, nearly doubling [...]

Older age, female sex, irregular heart rhythms, and daily activity levels can help to predict how much Alzheimer’s Disease patients’ cognitive function will decline, according to research. Researchers set out to understand which patient characteristics might best predict cognitive decline in Alzheimer's, following an initial cohort of 500 Austrian patients with probable and possible Alzheimer’s Disease [...]

A relatively new type of degenerative brain disease which was recognised a decade ago is affecting as many as one in two individuals over 85, research suggests. Limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy (LATE), was first recognised around 10 years ago, and remains relatively unknown. In the disease, the TDP-43 protein accumulates particularly in the limbic brain [...]

New light has been shed on the mechanisms behind memory updating and how those mechanisms can go awry with age. A team of US researchers has identified an enzyme that contributes to age-related impairments in memory updating. When blocked, older mice were better able to incorporate new information and performed similarly to their younger counterparts. [...]

In an analysis of 30 cancer types among men, investigators have uncovered substantial disparities in cancer cases and deaths by age and countries’ economic status. These disparities are projected to widen by 2050, according to a study based on data from the Global Cancer Observatory. Men face higher rates of cancer and cancer-related deaths than [...]

A new study has revealed that people who at least two servings a week of bacon, bologna or other processed red meat have a higher risk of dementia than those who eat less three servings per month. The findings also suggest that people can decrease their risk of dementia by replacing one serving of processed [...]

Researchers have discovered that parents who struggle with alcohol use disorders can pass along early ageing symptoms to their children, affecting them well into adulthood, including effects such as high cholesterol, heart problems, arthritis, and early onset dementia. These early ageing symptoms — including high cholesterol, heart problems, arthritis, and early onset dementia — can [...]

New research aims to apply targeted therapy techniques inspired by cancer treatments to people with Alzheimer's. Researchers have long struggled to slow the buildup of amyloid beta plaques, harmful clumps of proteins that exacerbate the disease by damaging brain cells and causing memory loss. University of Utah researchers, however, have developed a groundbreaking approach to [...]

New research shows that older adults with diabetes faced a heightened risk of depression during the COVID-19 pandemic. A study of around 2,700 older Canadians found that almost 50 per cent of those who had a pre-pandemic history of depression experienced depression during the pandemic. Those who experienced loneliness were among the most impacted. “During [...]