Higher inflammation from early adulthood linked to worse cognition
Jul 08, 2024
Worse executive function and processing speeding were seen with consistently higher or moderate/increasing inflammation.
FDA approves new drug to treat Alzheimer’s
Jul 02, 2024
In clinical trials, donanemab (Kisunla) modestly slowed the pace of thinking declines among patients in the early stages of the memory-robbing disease. But it also carried significant safety risks, including...
Emergence of psychosis in Alzheimer’s disease linked to elevations in p-tau181
Jul 01, 2024
An increase in plasma p-tau181 levels was seen in patients with incident psychosis over follow-up versus those with psychosis at baseline.
Smartwatch, smartphone can assess Parkinson’s disease progression
Jun 24, 2024
The change in digital measures over 12 months generally was larger than the corresponding change in individual items of the Movement Disorder Society scale.
Fewer adults eligible for statins with PREVENT equations
Jun 21, 2024
Compared with the pooled cohort equations, the mean estimated 10-year ASCVD risk was lower using the PREVENT equations across all age, sex and racial subgroups, with the largest difference seen for Black...
Endocrine Society, June 1-4
Jun 20, 2024
The conference highlighted recent advances in the diagnosis and management of obesity, endocrine disorders, diabetes, and growth hormone and thyroid diseases.
Nearly one in four do not recover from COVID-19 by 90 days
Jun 19, 2024
Female sex and preexisting cardiovascular disease were tied to longer recovery times.
Midlife inflammation tied to slowing of gait speed in later life
Jun 14, 2024
The findings occurred even among otherwise healthy adults and regardless of race or socioeconomic disadvantage.
First responders with more debris exposure have higher risk of early dementia
Jun 14, 2024
More severe exposure to dust or debris among World Trade Center (WTC) responders is significantly associated with a higher risk of dementia at
Bidirectional link ID’d for change in depressive symptoms, memory change
Jun 13, 2024
A steeper change in depressive symptoms was linked to accelerated memory change and vice versa.