Tag: Alzheimer’s
Strategies Needed to Improve Delivery of Alzheimer Disease-Modifying Therapies
Models that enable primary care practitioners to diagnose and evaluate patients for treatment eligibility would have biggest impact on wait times
Monoclonal Antibodies Provide Small Benefits in Alzheimer Disease
Harms include increased risks for amyloid-related imaging abnormalities (ARIA)-edema, ARIA-hemorrhage, and symptomatic ARIA-edema
Study IDs Proportion of Dementia Cases Attributable to Known Risk Factors
PAF for nongenetic risk factors combined similar for men and women, but varies across racial, ethnic groups
Racial/Ethnic Minorities Underrepresented in Alzheimer Neuroimaging Research
Sample diversity has improved recently, with proportion of Blacks increasing from 3.39 percent in 1994-2017 to 8.29 percent in 2018-2022
Light Therapy Aids Psychobehavioral Symptoms With Alzheimer Disease
Significant benefits seen for sleep efficacy, depression, and agitation
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Beneficial in Alzheimer Disease
Active tCDS improves cognitive functions in memory domain, including word recall, recall of test instructions, word recognition
Housing Instability Tied to Higher Risk for Dementia Diagnosis
Findings show 40 percent higher risk among housing-insecure veterans
Gantenerumab Does Not Slow Clinical Decline in Early Alzheimer Disease
Two trials show lower amyloid plaque burden with gantenerumab versus placebo at 116 weeks
Earlier Onset of A-Fib Linked to Risk of Developing All-Cause Dementia
Younger age at a-fib onset linked to increased risks of all-cause and vascular dementia, Alzheimer disease
Stress, Depression Linked to MCI, Alzheimer Disease
Chronic stress and depression are independent risk factors and have an additive effect when combined
