AHA News: Could the Path to Better Brain Health Involve Better Mouth Care?
Latest Alzheimer’s News MONDAY, Nov. 1, 2021 (American Heart Association News) Fresh breath, a pretty smile and healthy teeth and gums – they’re the reasons you brush your teeth each day and see a dentist twice a year. But what if brushing and flossing also helped to keep your brain – and the […]
Early accumulation of tau in the brain predicts memory decline in Alzheimer’s disease
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have compared how well different Alzheimer’s biomarkers predict the progression of the disease and its effect on the memory. They found that early accumulation of tau proteins in the brain as measured by PET scanner was more effective at predicting memory impairment than biomarkers in the cerebrospinal fluid or […]
Wiggling worms suggest link between vitamin B12 and Alzheimer’s
Worms don’t wiggle when they have Alzheimer’s disease. Yet something helped worms with the disease hold onto their wiggle in Professor Jessica Tanis’s lab at the University of Delaware. In solving the mystery, Tanis and her team have yielded new clues into the potential impact of diet on Alzheimer’s, the dreaded degenerative brain disease afflicting […]
Postponing This May Keep Dementia at Bay – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Alzheimer’s News By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Sept. 8, 2021 Early retirement may sound appealing, but a recent study hints that putting it off a few years might help older adults retain more of their mental sharpness. Using data on more than 20,000 older Americans, researchers estimated that if all of […]
A Mentally Challenging Job Could Help Ward Off Dementia
Latest Alzheimer’s News By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Aug. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) While every worker would prefer a fun, mentally stimulating job, new research reveals an added bonus: Such work could help prevent dementia in old age. On-the-job intellectual stimulation appears to lower levels of certain proteins that block brain cells […]
Some Diabetes Meds Might Also Lower Alzheimer’s Risk
Latest Alzheimer’s News By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Aug. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) Older adults who take certain diabetes drugs may see a slower decline in their memory and thinking skills, a new study suggests. Researchers in South Korea found that among older people who’d been having memory issues, those using diabetes […]
AHA News: Dementia Can Complicate Heart Recovery and Treatment
Latest Alzheimer’s News FRIDAY, July 30, 2021 (American Heart Association News) Dementia is a thief. It steals a person’s memory, their ability to reason, to live independently. As people age and face more medical challenges, it also robs them of something even more basic to survival – the ability to participate in their […]
Could COVID-19 Accelerate Alzheimer’s Symptoms?
Latest Alzheimer’s News By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, July 30, 2021 (HealthDay News) COVID-19 can kill you. It can rob you of your breath, cause strange blood clots, and prompt side effects that last for months after you’re over the initial infection. It’s also possible that COVID-19 might impact the human brain […]
FDA Panel Advisor Who Panned New Alzheimer’s Drug Speaks Out
Latest Alzheimer’s News By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, July 28, 2021 (HealthDay News) An outside advisor to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s review of the controversial Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm is now speaking out, arguing that the approval was based on dodgy science and involved questionable collaboration between regulators and the drug’s […]
Aducanumab: What to Know if You Prescribe
Not all physicians who treat Alzheimer’s disease will prescribe the new Alzheimer’s drug aducanumab (Aduhelm) — major hospital systems like the Cleveland Clinic and Mount Sinai in New York City, for example, won’t administer the controversial treatment — but those who will offer the drug need more information about how to use it, a panel […]