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Alzheimer Disease/Dementia
A Potential Blood-Based Biomarker for Alzheimer Disease Progression
Alzheimer Disease/Dementia
August 2022
A simple blood test could predict the progression of neurodegeneration and cognitive decline in patients with Alzheimer disease, even at early stages.
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Methylphenidate Modestly Improved Apathy in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer Disease/Dementia
July 2022
In patients with Alzheimer’s disease with clinically significant apathy, treatment with methylphenidate for 6 months in ADMET 2 was associated with a modest improvement in apathy.
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Depression and the Risk of Alzheimer's Disease in Older Adults
Alzheimer Disease/Dementia
June 2022
A retrospective cohort study found that newly diagnosed depression increased the risk of Alzheimer’s disease in older individuals, especially when the depression was severe.
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Age of Onset of Type 2 Diabetes and the Risk of Dementia
Alzheimer Disease/Dementia
May 2022
In patients with type 2 diabetes, a younger age of onset is associated with an increased risk of developing dementia.
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Use of Mirtazapine for Reducing Agitation in Dementia
Alzheimer Disease/Dementia
April 2022
According to the recent Study of Mirtazapine for Agitated Behaviors in Dementia (SYMBAD) trial, there was no improvement in agitation in patients with Alzheimer disease taking mirtazapine compared with placebo. Furthermore, the treatment group had more deaths than the placebo group, and the investigators suggested that mirtazapine should no longer be used for agitation in patients with dementia.
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Predicting the Onset of Alzheimer Disease Symptoms
Alzheimer Disease/Dementia
March 2022
Researchers developed a model to predict when cognitively unimpaired individuals who have brain amyloidosis would develop symptoms of Alzheimer dementia using positron emission tomography scans for amyloid accumulation.
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Relapse in Patients with Dementia-Related Psychosis After Discontinuation of Pimavanserin
Alzheimer Disease/Dementia
February 2022
Discontinuation of pimavanserin for dementia-related psychosis was associated with a higher rate of relapse compared with continuation, according to a recent randomized discontinuation trial that was stopped early for efficacy.
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Dementia Risk Rises in Some Women with Use of Calcium Supplements
By
Charles Bankhead
Alzheimer Disease/Dementia
Web Exclusives
Elderly women with cerebrovascular disease had a significantly increased risk for dementia if they took calcium supplements, a retrospective analysis of 2 studies showed.
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Idalopirdine Improves Cognition in Patients with Moderate Alzheimer’s Disease
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Chase Doyle
Alzheimer Disease/Dementia
VBCN - November 2016 Volume 3, No 3
A phase 2 clinical trial of the investigational agent idalopirdine (Lu AE5854), a selective 5-HT
6
receptor antagonist, as adjunctive treatment to the cholinesterase inhibitor donepezil has demonstrated improved cognition in patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease. The results also showed a trend toward ameliorating declines in function and global clinical status, researchers reported at the 2016 American Academy of Neurology annual meeting.
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Pro and Con: Do Cognitive-Enhancing Activities Prevent Dementia?
By
Chase Doyle
Alzheimer Disease/Dementia
VBCN - November 2016 Volume 3, No 3
In a series of debates at the 2016 American Academy of Neurology annual meeting, expert physicians debated current and controversial issues in neuroscience. David S. Knopman, MD, FAAN, Professor of Neurology, Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, advocated for the benefits of cognitive-enhancing activities; Kaycee M. Sink, MD, MAS, Medical Director, Kulynych Memory Assessment Clinic, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, contended that there is a lack of controlled studies to guide clinical recommendations.
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