Alzheimer's & Cognition
Cases That Test Your Skills
Depressed and cognitively impaired
While being treated for depression and anxiety, Ms. X, age 60, exhibits signs of worsening cognitive impairment. What could be the cause?
From the Journals
Walnuts linked to improved attention, psychological maturity in teens
Clinicians should advise adolescents “to eat a handful of walnuts three times a week for the rest of their lives. They may have a healthier brain...
News
Obstructive sleep apnea linked to early cognitive decline
If the cognitive changes found in the study are, in fact, caused by OSA, it is unclear whether they are the beginning of long-term cognitive...
Conference Coverage
Urban green and blue spaces linked to less psychological distress
Investigators found that older adults living near parks or lakes saw lower risk of psychological distress. But do these findings have implications...
Conference Coverage
Seven ‘simple’ cardiovascular health measures linked to reduced dementia risk in women
Adherence to an American Heart Association guideline, even in part, modulated dementia risk.
Conference Coverage
Kidney disease skews Alzheimer’s biomarker testing
“To mitigate the effects of non-Alzheimer’s–related comorbidities like chronic kidney disease on the performance of plasma Alzheimer’s disease...
From the Journals
Specific brain damage links hypertension to cognitive impairment
Researchers have identified specific regions of the brain that appear to be damaged by high blood pressure; the finding may explain the link...
From the Journals
Longer telomeres tied to better brain health
Longer leucocyte telomere length was associated with a larger volume of global and subcortical gray matter and a larger hippocampus – both of...
From the Journals
Tooth loss and diabetes together hasten mental decline
The findings of a new study show “the importance of improving access to dental health care and integrating primary dental and medical care,”...
From the Journals
Restless legs a new modifiable risk factor for dementia?
Restless legs syndrome is associated with poor sleep, depression/anxiety, poor diet, microvasculopathy, and hypoxia.
Commentary
Bruce Willis’ frontotemporal dementia is not your grandpa’s dementia
‘We tend to characterize dementia as the erosion of memory, but FTD is more characterized by the loss of control over emotions and other cognitive...