Alzheimer Disease/Dementia

The diagnostic is designed to help clinicians determine the likelihood of cerebral β-amyloid plaque deposition, one of the neuropathologic hallmarks of AD.

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The new findings are contrary to previous research that found family history of AD increases desire for testing and support the "right not to know."

Occasional trouble finding a word reflects typical age-related brain changes; the changes that cause a person to refer to a watch as a "hand clock" are not the same.

US adults want to know early on if they have Alzheimer disease, when treatment may slow it, and they are willing to participate in trials of new drugs.

Biomarkers in a pattern characteristic of Alzheimer pathology were identified in unspecified dementia, Parkinson dementia, and frontotemporal dementia.

Authors found a dose-response relationship between MetS and dementia onset in the 4th decade; in those with all 5 components, risk of dementia was increased by 77%.

The findings suggest that women who experience early menopause (age 50 years) may constitute a sex-specific high-risk group for cognitive decline.

Interventions to protect or improve auditory health across the lifespan could be a cost-effective means of slowing the rapid rise of dementia in the US, authors wrote.

Adults with a cannabis-related acute care visit or hospitalization were at 23% and 72% greater risk of a new dementia diagnosis within 5 years, a new study finds.