Dementia: Key sign of condition may appear 16 years before diagnosis – study

Frontotemporal dementia symptoms include 'changes in personality' We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The study published in Pain is the first […]

Mount Sinai researchers use cerebral organoids to study frontotemporal dementia

Frontotemporal dementias are a group of fatal and debilitating brain disorders for which there are no cures. In an article published July 26 in Cell, Mount Sinai researchers describe how they were able to recreate much of the damage seen in a widely studied form of the disease by growing special types of cerebral organoids […]

No Link to Midlife Exercise and Cognitive Outcomes?

Higher levels of physical activity at midlife are not linked to more positive cognitive outcomes, new research suggests. Results from a cohort study of more than 1700 women showed no significant association between midlife activity and concurrent cognitive performance or with subsequent cognitive decline. The findings diverge from those of previous research that suggested a […]

Lawyers Battle Over ‘Race-Norming’ in NFL Dementia Tests

Pittsburgh Steelers running back Najeh Davenport (44) sits on the bench during an NFL football game against the Seattle Seahawks in Pittsburgh. PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The court-appointed lead lawyer for thousands of retired players suing the NFL pledged Monday to try to remove race as a factor in dementia testing, but lawyers for Black players […]

Researchers unveil a neuroprotective pathway that suppresses ALS

Professor Chunghun Lim and his research team in the Department of Biological Sciences unveiled a neuroprotective pathway that suppresses Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS). Nucleocytoplasmic transport (NCT) defects have been implicated in neurodegenerative diseases, such as C9ORF72-associated amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia (C9-ALS/FTD). In this study, the research team has identified a neuroprotective pathway of […]

Lilly Alzheimer's drug shows benefit on cognition, function in mid-stage trial

(Reuters) – Eli Lilly and Co on Saturday said its experimental Alzheimer’s drug slowed the rate of decline in a measure of cognition and function by 32% compared with a placebo in a mid-stage trial of patients at an early stage of the mind wasting disease.FILE PHOTO: An Eli Lilly and Company pharmaceutical manufacturing plant […]

When should patients with dementia receive palliative care?

Patients with dementia may benefit from being referred to specialist palliative care—a branch of medicine that focuses on optimizing quality of life and providing relief from symptoms—but who should be referred, and when? A recent analysis of published studies on the topic found a lack of consensus regarding referral criteria for palliative care in patients […]