2 August 2022
Overweight was Negatively Associated with Dementia in Women, whereas there was a Positive Underweight-Dementia Relationship in Men
A substantial body of literature has analyzed the potential association between late-life body mass index (BMI) and dementia. Given that there are some data suggesting that estrogen has neuroprotective effects, it is possible that the BMI-dementia relationship differs between women and men. However, to date, no research has yet investigated this hypothesis.
1 August 2022
Gender Differences in Behaviors Linked to Faster Cognitive Decline Revealed in Research
Men who experience behavior changes including apathy or having false beliefs and perceptions in later life are at risk of faster cognitive decline than women, according to new research. A study led by Charles University, in collaboration with the University of Exeter and King’s College London, looked at changes in behavior in cognitively healthy people aged 50 and older, which have previously been linked to a higher risk of developing brain problems.
12 July 2022
Yonas E. Geda, MD, and Janina Krell-Roesch, PhD, Win 2022 Alzheimer Award
JAD is pleased to announce the joint recipients of the 2022 Alzheimer Award are Yonas E. Geda, MD, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, and Janina Krell-Roesch, PhD, Institute of Sports and Sports Science, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany.
27 June 2022
UTHealth Houston Study: Flu Vaccination Linked to 40% Reduced Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease
People who received at least one influenza vaccine were 40% less likely than their non-vaccinated peers to develop Alzheimer’s disease over the course of four years, according to a new study from UTHealth Houston. Research led by first author Avram S. Bukhbinder, MD, a recent alumnus of McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, and senior author Paul. E. Schulz, MD, the Rick McCord Professor in Neurology at McGovern Medical School, compared the risk of Alzheimer’s disease incidence between patients with and without prior flu vaccination in a large nationwide sample of US adults aged 65 and older.
23 June 2022
Poor Sleep and Nighttime Wakefulness Associated With Diminished Cognitive Function Among African Americans, Study Finds
More fragmented sleep and longer periods of wakefulness after bedtime among a group of low-income African American adults were associated with lower cognitive function such as poor attention, according to a new study. Studying people over a five-year period, researchers from the RAND Corporation and the University of Pittsburgh found that those whose sleep worsened over time had poorer attention, executive function and visuospatial ability.
30 May 2022
Quantifying Cognitive Decline in Dogs Could Help Humans with Alzheimer’s Disease
Researchers have found that a suite of complementary tests can quantify changes in dogs suspected of suffering from cognitive decline. The approach could not only aid owners in managing their elderly canine’s care, but could also serve as a model for evaluating cognitive decline progression in – and treatments for – humans with Alzheimer’s disease.
1 May 2022
New JAD Board Appointments
We are pleased to announce new appointments to the JAD Editorial Board, which means we have an equal number of female and male representation within the senior team (i.e. looking at only the positions of Deputy Editor and Editor-in-Chief).As announced recently, the journal supports the IOS Press Diversity and Inclusion Statement and we are making changes relating to SDG 5 (gender equality) and SDG 10 (reduced inequalities) in terms of diversity.
29 April 2022
New Research Identifies Blood Biomarker for Predicting Dementia Before Symptoms Develop
New research from NUI Galway and Boston University has identified a blood biomarker that could help identify people with the earliest signs of dementia, even before the onset of symptoms. The researchers measured blood levels of P-tau181, a marker of neurodegeneration, in 52 cognitively healthy adults, from the US-based Framingham Heart Study, who later went on to have specialized brain PET scans. The blood samples were taken from people who had no cognitive symptoms and who had normal cognitive testing at the time of blood testing.
4 April 2022
Late-Onset Alcohol Abuse Can Be a Presenting Symptom of Dementia, Researchers Find
Patients who start abusing alcohol later in life – after age 40 – may be doing so secondary to an underlying neurologic condition, such as frontotemporal dementia, according to findings by a team of researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the University of California, San Francisco.
31 March 2022
Damage to Inner Ear System Predicts Fall Risk Among People with Alzheimer’s Disease
A Johns Hopkins Medicine study of about 50 people with Alzheimer’s disease has added to evidence that damage to the inner ear system that controls balance is a major factor in patients’ well-documented higher risk of falling. Overall, the researchers say, their study found that impairment of the vestibular system was linked to a 50% increase in the risk of falling for patients with Alzheimer’s compared with patients who have Alzheimer’s and normal vestibular function.
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