Lower cutoff points for Montreal cognitive assessment needed
Jan 17, 2024
A high false-positive rate was seen when used in primary care with a diverse patient population.
Acute hospital care at home shows promise for medically complex patients
Jan 08, 2024
At 30 days after discharge, the mortality rate was 3.2% and skilled nursing facility use rate was 2.6%.
Negative wealth shock linked to accelerated cognitive decline
Dec 26, 2023
Associations with accelerated cognitive decline and increased dementia risk were seen for white participants and those aged fewer than 65 years.
Gantenerumab does not slow clinical decline in early Alzheimer’s disease
Nov 16, 2023
Two trials show a lower amyloid plaque burden with gantenerumab versus placebo at 116 weeks.
Care use, financial burden increase over time for elders with dementia
Oct 16, 2023
Increases were seen in care hours from family and unpaid helpers, use of in-home medical care, hospital stay and use of a nursing facility.
17 percent of patients seeing neurologist travel long distance
Sep 13, 2023
Factors associated with long-distance travel include low neurologist density, rural setting and visits for ALS and nervous system cancer.
Panel of 48 CSF proteins complements existing Alzheimer’s biomarkers
Sep 07, 2023
The CSF 48 panel plus existing biomarkers significantly improved the diagnostic performance for the outcomes studied.
Residential fine particulate matter tied to higher dementia risk
Aug 17, 2023
The findings were seen especially for fine particulate matter from agriculture and wildfires.
Study looks at links between anxiety disorders, benzodiazepines, dementia
Aug 14, 2023
Benzodiazepines and anxiety disorders were linked to dementia risk, but no additional risk was seen for benzodiazepines in patients with anxiety disorders.
Racial/ethnic minorities underrepresented in Alzheimer’s neuroimaging research
Jul 28, 2023
Sample diversity has improved recently, with proportion of Blacks increasing from 3.39% in 1994-2017 to 8.29% in 2018-2022.