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Cerebrospinal fluid marker predicts brain atrophy

Posted on: 13/04/2015 - 16:00

Baseline levels of visinin-like protein 1 in the cerebrospinal fluid were significant predictors of whole brain and regional brain atrophy, based on d... More »

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Olfactory deficits may signal cognitive decline

Posted on: 09/04/2015 - 19:13

NEW ORLEANS – A test of smell identification seems to predict cognitive decline in elderly patients who score normally on memory tests. Each 1-poin... More »

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Investigational cancer drug now tested for treating Alzheimer’s

Posted on: 02/04/2015 - 22:22

Saracatinib, a drug originally developed as a cancer treatment, is now being tested in a phase IIa trial of patients with Alzheimer’s disease after ... More »

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Potential link between pulse pressure and dementia onset found

Posted on: 30/03/2015 - 16:00

Pulse pressure and neurodegeneration in relation to the onset of dementia seem to be associated, according to Daniel A. Nation, Ph.D., and his associa... More »

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Alzheimer’s disease biomarkers have limited association with each other

Posted on: 30/03/2015 - 16:00

Cerebrospinal fluid levels of amyloid-beta1-42 and brain amyloid-beta PET imaging with florbetapir-fluorine-18 had a limited association with each oth... More »

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Dose-related increase in mortality with antipsychotics in dementia

Posted on: 18/03/2015 - 15:00

Antipsychotics such as haloperidol and risperidone are associated with a significant and dose-related increase in mortality in elderly patients with d... More »

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Autopsy studies verify flutemetamol’s ability to identify brain beta-amyloid

Posted on: 10/03/2015 - 22:37

PET scans using radio-labeled flutemetamol were safe to use in vivo and confirmed the presence or absence of neuritic beta-amyloid levels “with high... More »

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

GAO calls for expanded efforts to reduce antipsychotic use in older dementia patients

Posted on: 05/03/2015 - 18:04

The Department of Health & Human Services should do more to curb antipsychotic use in older adults with dementia, according to a recent report by ... More »

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Gout may lower Alzheimer’s risk

Posted on: 04/03/2015 - 23:30

Patients with a history of gout may be at a lower risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease, reported Na Lu of Boston University and coauthors. © jo... More »

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Gout may lower Alzheimer’s risk

Posted on: 04/03/2015 - 23:30

Patients with a history of gout may be at a lower risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease, reported Na Lu of Boston University and coauthors. © jo... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

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