“Staying safe” – a narrative review of falls prevention in people with Parkinson’s – “PDSAFE”
EditorParkinson’s disease demonstrates a spectrum of motor and non-motor symptoms. Falling is common and disabling.
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3 hot topics from the world’s largest dementia research conference
Aoife Kiely, Research Communications Officer, shares her highlights from the AAIC with insights from Dr Doug Brown, Chief Policy and Research Officer.
An introduction to overviews of reviews: planning a relevant research question and objective for an overview
Overviews of systematic reviews are a relatively new approach to synthesising evidence, and research methods and associated guidance are developing.
Analysing the market for care homes for older people using Care Quality Commission and other data
In this webinar Professor Ruth Hancock analyses the market for care homes for older people using Care Quality Commission and other data.
Bad Synergy—Together, Vascular Problems and Aβ Hasten Memory Slippage
People at risk for future cardiovascular events also face greater odds of developing memory problems, according to a May 23 study in JAMA Neurology.
Could repurposing a liver disease drug improve mitochondrial dysfunction in Alzheimer’s?
New study reveals that a drug that used to treat liver diseases could help to restore cells damaged by Alzheimer’s
Cracking the mysteries of Alzheimer’s disease
With Pfizer shutting down its neuroscience unit and a long list of failed late-stage trials, the sheer difficulty of improving the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease has become painfully clear. How can researchers crack the mystery of this much-feared neurodegenerative disease?
CSF tau and the CSF tau/ABeta ratio for the diagnosis of Dementias
This review, aims to assess the ability of CSF tau biomarkers (t-tau and p-tau) and the CSF tau (t-tau or p-tau)/ABeta ratio to enable the detection of Alzheimer’s disease pathology in patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI).
Digital Technologies for the Assessment of Cognition: A Clinical Review
Interested in what digital technologies can do for dementia?
Does Daytime Drowsiness Foreshadow Aβ Accumulation?
https://www.alzforum.org/news/research-news/does-daytime-drowsiness-foreshadow-av-accumulation
Even Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries Raise Risk for Dementia, Parkinson’s
A large body of research has tied traumatic brain injuries to an increased risk for neurodegenerative disease, but many questions remained.