Older married couples demonstrate domain-specific cognitive concordance
1. In this cross-sectional study, older Korean spouses demonstrated significant concordance in verbal fluency, constructional praxis, naming, and…
Adults Taking More Vitamin D Scored 13% Higher on a Cognitive Test
Adults with mild cognitive impairment and sleep disturbances who took at least 5,000 IU of vitamin D daily…
Brain shrinkage biomarker may predict early-onset Alzheimer’s progression
In people diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease, a biomarker tool that detects shrinkage of the brain’s gray matter…
Shared protein pathology redefines treatment for multiple neurodegenerative diseases
On the surface, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy (LATE) might seem…
Only three of 1,357 FDA-cleared AI devices tested patient outcomes
Hundreds of AI tools are entering clinical care, but researchers traced how quickly the evidence thins out when…
Why you move — not just how often — could affect dementia risk — USC News
For years, scientists have known that regular physical activity can help lower the risk of dementia. But new…
Scallop-derived plasmalogens may support brain health and memory
The study, funded by B&S Corporation Co., Ltd., which manufactures and markets scallop plasmalogen, evaluated memory and brain…
First human trials of designer protein therapies stun US neuroscientists
“Stunned silence.” That’s how Bryan Roth of the University of North Carolina School of Medicine described the…
Later-life estrogen therapy associated with lower risk of developing dementia
Use of hormone therapy later in life was associated with lower risk of developing dementia, according to a…
Turmeric for cognition, carotenoids and eye health in research news spotlight
The data from the RCT found that compared to placebo, the curcuma longa extract significantly improved scores relating…
Blood Test May Reveal Alzheimer’s Risk Years Before Symptoms
A blood marker linked to Alzheimer’s disease may offer a clearer glimpse of future cognitive risk, even in…
AI Maps Regional Brain Age and Alzheimer’s Risk
Summary: Researchers trained a deep neural network on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans from nearly 15,000 cognitively healthy…