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About 7 in 1,000 Tsimane and Moseten adults aged 60+ developed dementia each year, and about 2% had it at any time. People with dementia died far sooner, which helps keep it rare.
Read articleIn interviews, 12 older Australians with dementia or mild cognitive impairment said they wanted early, clear and kind conversations with doctors about giving up driving, and those who had st…
Read articleIn 2,349 dementia-free older adults in China, the highest quarter of estimated body fat had about half the rate of Alzheimer's-type MCI over about 2 years. The link is observational and not …
Read articleIn 144 Finnish adults, smell loss rose from healthy aging to MCI to Alzheimer's, and nasal smell-tissue cells from MCI and Alzheimer's donors showed lower NRF2 antioxidant gene activity in a…
Read articleIn 53 South Korean women with memory decline, higher Alzheimer's blood markers were linked to a thinner cortex only in those with 7+ years of schooling.
Read articleAmong Swedish memory-clinic patients without dementia, more stressful life events were linked to a spinal-fluid sign of Alzheimer’s amyloid buildup, but only in people with moderate-to-high …
Read articleA 2026 Nature Aging study involving 520 participants found that plasma protein-structure signatures classified healthy control, mild cognitive impairment, and Alzheimer’s disease groups with…
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