Geriatrics
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Could preventing dementia be as simple as following your mom’s advice?
SAN DIEGO – Emerging evidence agrees: Lots of exercise, a good diet, and social interaction are good for both body and mind.
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Positive functional results reported for aducanumab in a pooled, post hoc analysis
SAN DIEGO – The results might give patients “an extra year or 2” of independence, said one clinical investigator in an aducanumab trial.
News
Survey asks adults: How likely are you to develop dementia?
Adults are worried about dementia and will do anything to prevent it. Except talk to their doctor.
Feature
Dr. Paul Aisen Q&A: Aducanumab for Alzheimer’s
A leading Alzheimer’s researcher, Dr. Aisen answers some questions about the resurrection of aducanumab as a potential therapy for Alzheimer’s...
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Biogen plans to submit application to FDA for Alzheimer’s drug aducanumab
The company’s hopes lie with a secondary analysis of high-dose patients from two failed trials.
Conference Coverage
Agitation in psychosis: Still no ‘magic bullet’
SAN DIEGO – Some evidence supports various treatments, including antipsychotics, Dr. Marc Agronin said.
From the Journals
How does alcohol intake affect dementia risk in older adults?
The association may be more consistently adverse in adults with mild cognitive impairment.
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Benzodiazepines, hypnotics don’t increase Alzheimer’s pathology
LOS ANGELES – The drugs were not associated with Alzheimer’s pathology, but were associated with a trend toward greater loss of neurons in the...
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Transdermal estradiol may modulate the relationship between sleep, cognition
LOS ANGELES – Women using the patch fared better in all measures than did those taking oral conjugated equine estrogen.
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Gum bacteria and Alzheimer’s: A hypothesis inches forward
LOS ANGELES – Results from a small trial saw neutralizing P. gingivalis associated with biomarker changes; a larger trial is planned.
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Hypertension, white matter hyperintensities, and dementia: What’s the link?
LOS ANGELES – Findings from a French cohort suggest that a vascular pathway, independent of amyloid, bears on cognitive decline.