Alzheimer's & Cognition
Conference Coverage
Global burden of brain disorders surpasses cardiovascular disease and cancer
“The burden of brain conditions will increase as populations continue to grow and age.”
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Hearing loss tied to more fatigue in middle and older age
Each 10 dB of audiometric hearing loss was associated with a higher likelihood of reporting fatigue nearly every day.
Hitting a Nerve
Alzheimer’s disease: To treat or not?
From the Journals
Men and women react differently to acute stress
In men, stress rapidly improved the ability to downregulate emotional arousal via distraction that was fully mediated by cortisol.
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New consensus on biomarkers for diagnosis of neurocognitive disorders
Reducing the options available to clinicians when making a differential diagnosis into the current algorithm is a pragmatic approach.
Feature
Long COVID ‘brain fog’ confounds doctors, but new research offers hope
Brain fog is among the most common symptoms of long COVID, and also one of the most poorly understood.
Literature Review
Lean muscle mass protective against Alzheimer’s?
The finding suggesting that lean mass is associated with better cognitive function is “important, as cognitive impairment can become stable rather...
FDA/CDC
FDA clears new biomarker assays for early Alzheimer’s detection
Currently, the only FDA-cleared methods to confirm amyloid pathology are CSF tests and PET scans.
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No link between heartburn meds and dementia
A study of older adults found no significant association between proton pump inhibitors or histamine-2 receptor antagonist use and dementia or...
Literature Review
Regular napping linked to greater brain volume
“Our results suggest that napping may improve brain health.”
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No link between PPIs and dementia in new study
PPI use was not linked to changes in overall cognitive test scores over time.