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What's happening in Alzheimer's care, research funding, and treatment — summarized simply, each item linked to the original reporting.
Free to read, “May need a subscription” and “Archived copy”: what they mean
Whether an article is free to read is a guess, not a test of your access. Each item is one of three:
- No label: free to read (342 of 400). The publisher’s page marks it free, or the outlet publishes free to read: Medical Xpress, ScienceDaily, NIH (incl. NIA and PMC), Alzheimer's Association, Alzheimer's News Today, NPR, Alzheimer's Disease International, or a .gov site.
- May need a subscription (17 of 400). The publisher’s own page marks the article as not free to read, or — when the page says nothing — the outlet sells subscriptions: The New York Times, STAT, Scientific American, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The Economist, Bloomberg, The Atlantic, The New Yorker, Wired, Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, The Times, The Telegraph, New Scientist, Endpoints News, Science. Each badge says which.
- “Free to read? Not known” (41 of 400). The outlet is on neither list and its page said nothing. We do not call these paywalled.
Archived copy links go to a copy the Internet Archive (web.archive.org) saved, dated the day it was saved. We show one only where the Internet Archive reported a working saved copy when we checked; an archived copy of a subscription article sometimes shows only its opening. 298 of 400 items have one.
Extreme heat days may increase dementia risk, with poorer communities facing greater vulnerability
Over 57 million people worldwide are living with dementia, with nearly 10 million new cases diagnosed each year, and scientists now say that people living in certain climatic conditions are at a greater risk than others of developing this neurodegenerative condition.
Read at Medical Xpress → Archived copy (4 Nov 2026), Internet ArchiveMore education reduces dementia risk decades later
A law that required British teenagers to stay in school for an additional year had an unexpected consequence nearly 50 years later: fewer dementia diagnoses.
Read at Medical Xpress →Gut microbiome could help identify people at risk of dementia
In what is thought to be the first study of its kind, researchers from Cardiff University and Imperial College London examined both gut bacteria and chemicals. Their findings could support earlier diagnosis and help spot people at risk of faster decline.
Read at Medical Xpress → Archived copy (20 Oct 2026), Internet ArchiveEarly-onset Alzheimer's disease shows different warning signs from established risk factors
A study by the University of Oulu and the University of Eastern Finland found that people who developed Alzheimer's disease before the age of 65 accumulated a wide range of health problems, particularly during the five years preceding diagnosis. …
Read at Medical Xpress → Archived copy (11 Oct 2026), Internet ArchiveObesity's link to lower risk of death in dementia points to likely importance of nutrition
People who are overweight or obese when they are diagnosed with dementia are likely to live longer than those in a normal weight range, according to a new study by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and NYU School of Global Public Health. …
Read at Medical Xpress → Archived copy (7 Oct 2026), Internet ArchiveStudy finds ongoing under-diagnosis of high blood pressure in people over 50 in Ireland
High blood pressure becomes more common after age 40, yet new research from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) at Trinity College Dublin shows that many people in Ireland with hypertension are still not optimally diagnosed or treated based on European Guidelines. …
Why it matters: New research shows many people over 50 in Ireland with high blood pressure are still not optimally diagnosed or treated based on European Guidelines.
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