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Newest studies

Every summary in our library, newest first, as a dated timeline.

What "newest" means here

The most recent study in this library is dated 2026-11-01 (Paths of Aging Minds: Health Journeys of Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment). This is our summary library, not a news wire — it is added to in batches, so the newest entry may not be the newest paper published anywhere.

Entries are sorted strictly by publication date, newest first. 26489 of the 27380 entries carry a full day-level date. 65 have no date recorded at all and are placed by publication year, at the start of that year; those are marked "no date recorded" below so you can see where the ordering is a best effort rather than a fact.

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Showing 12,326–12,350 of 27,380 studies, newest first · page 494 of 1096.

November 2019 25

  1. 2019-11-06

    White matter hyperintensities in progranulin-associated frontotemporal dementia: A longitudinal GENFI study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Biomarkers NeuroImage. Clinical

    Key finding: Presence on T2-weighted images of white matter hyperintensities (WMH) has been previously shown to be more commonly associated with GRN mutations rather than other forms of FTD. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  2. 2019-11-06

    GIP has neuroprotective effects in Alzheimer and Parkinson's disease models

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Drug development Peptides

    Key finding: Recently, novel dual GLP-1/GIP receptor agonists have been developed. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  3. 2019-11-06

    Multiplex proteomics identifies novel CSF and plasma biomarkers of early Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Genetics Acta neuropathologica communications

    Key finding: Proteomic profiling of patient fluids may help identify novel therapeutic targets and biomarkers associated with AD pathology. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  4. 2019-11-06

    Antihypertensive medications and risk for incident dementia and Alzheimer's disease: a meta-analysis of individual participant data from prospective cohort studies

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Prevention and risk The Lancet. Neurology

    Key finding: Over a long period of observation, no evidence was found that a specific AHM drug class was more effective than others in lowering risk of dementia. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  5. 2019-11-05

    Mid-life and late-life vascular risk factor burden and neuropathology in old age

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Vascular contributions Annals of clinical and translational neurology

    Key finding: The median time interval between FSRP and death was 33.4 years for mid-life FSRP and 4.4 years for final FSRP measurement before death. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  6. 2019-11-05

    Age and Sex Influence the Neuro-inflammatory Response to a Peripheral Acute LPS Challenge

    ✓ Peer-reviewed TREM2 and immune genetics Frontiers in aging neuroscience

    Key finding: Studies considering both age and sex remain limited, despite sex dimorphism of astrocytes and microglial cells is largely recognized. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  7. 2019-11-05

    Lysosomal Dysfunction at the Centre of Parkinson's Disease and Frontotemporal Dementia/Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Caregiving Trends in neurosciences

    Key finding: Parkinson's disease (PD) and frontotemporal dementia/amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (FTD/ALS) are insidious and incurable neurodegenerative diseases that represent a significant burden to affected individuals, caregivers, and an ageing population.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  8. 2019-11-04

    Bias-adjustment in neuroimaging-based brain age frameworks: A robust scheme

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Digital health tools NeuroImage. Clinical

    Key finding: The level of prediction error in the brain age estimation frameworks is associated with the authenticity of statistical inference on the basis of regression models. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  9. 2019-11-04

    From the prion-like propagation hypothesis to therapeutic strategies of anti-tau immunotherapy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Drug development Acta neuropathologica

    Key finding: It has been shown that tau may be secreted in the interstitial fluid in an active manner as reflected by high and constant concentration of extracellular tau during Alzheimer's pathology. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  10. 2019-11-04

    Resistance to autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease in an APOE3 Christchurch homozygote: a case report

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Genetics Nature medicine

    Key finding: Our findings have implications for the role of APOE in the pathogenesis, treatment and prevention of Alzheimer's disease.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  11. 2019-11-04

    Effect of nutrition on neurodegenerative diseases. A systematic review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Prevention and risk Nutritional neuroscience

    Key finding: The data showed that malnutrition and low body mass index (BMI) is correlated with the higher development of dementia and mortality. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  12. 2019-11-03

    Aloe-emodin: A review of its pharmacology, toxicity, and pharmacokinetics

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Disease mechanisms Phytotherapy research : PTR

    Key finding: Emerging evidence suggests that aloe-emodin exhibits many pharmacological effects, including anticancer, antivirus, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antiparasitic, neuroprotective, and hepatoprotective activities. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  13. 2019-11-03

    Factors Affecting Caregivers' Acceptance of the Use of Wearable Devices by Patients With Dementia: An Extension of the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology Model

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Digital health tools American journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias

    Key finding: The results of the extended model show that social influence, effort expectancy, facilitating conditions, and behavioral intention (BI) all had P P value for RC and TA was greater than .05, hence were insignificant.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  14. 2019-11-02

    Pharmaceutical strategies of improving oral systemic bioavailability of curcumin for clinical application

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Disease mechanisms Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society

    Key finding: As well, curcumin can be metabolized rapidly by intestinal tract which can also result in low oral bioavailability.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  15. 2019-11-01

    Association between air pollution and risk of vascular dementia: A multipollutant analysis in Taiwan

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk factors Environment international

    Key finding: After potential confounders and other air pollutants were controlled for, high concentrations of coarse particulate matter (10 µm or less in diameter) and carbon monoxide (CO) were sporadically associated with higher OR of VaD. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  16. 2019-11 month only

    A contemporary review of obstructive sleep apnea

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk factors Current opinion in pulmonary medicine

    Key finding: Decreased sleep time in the elderly is a precipitating factor in amyloid retention. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  17. 2019-11 month only

    Clinical and biological effects of long-term lithium treatment in older adults with amnestic mild cognitive impairment: randomised clinical trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Drug development The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science

    Key finding: Participants in the placebo group displayed cognitive and functional decline, whereas lithium-treated patients remained stable over 2 years. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  18. 2019-11 month only

    Genome-wide association study of cerebrospinal fluid neurofilament light levels in non-demented elders

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Genetics Annals of translational medicine

    Key finding: Two novel SNPs (rs465401 and rs460420), both near the ADAMTS1 gene on chromosome 21, showed genome-wide significant associations with CSF NFL. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  19. 2019-11 month only

    Computerized cognitive performance assessments in the Brooklyn Cognitive Impairments in Health Disparities Pilot Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Cognitive tests and assessment Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association

    Key finding: Cognigram was piloted in the Emergency Department, Family Medicine, and Geriatric Psychiatry clinics: 58 adults (23 men, 35 women), 67.9 ± 9.8 years (range 43-91), completed the Cognigram and 5-item liking survey. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  20. 2019-11-01

    MicroRNAs as biomarkers of diabetic retinopathy and disease progression

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk factors Neural regeneration research

    Key finding: In addition, certain microRNAs in vitreous humor were dysregulated in proliferative diabetic retinopathy compared to controls.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  21. 2019-11-01

    Antidiabetic medication and risk of dementia in patients with type 2 diabetes: a nested case-control study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Drug development European journal of endocrinology

    Key finding: Use of metformin, DPP4 inhibitors, GLP1 analogs and SGLT2 inhibitors was associated with lower risk of dementia in patients with diabetes. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  22. 2019-11-01

    Towards clinical utility of polygenic risk scores

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Genetics Human molecular genetics

    Key finding: In conclusion, it is becoming clear that PRS have value in disease risk prediction and there are multiple areas where this may have clinical utility.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  23. 2019-11-01

    Plant-Based Dietary Patterns, Plant Foods, and Age-Related Cognitive Decline

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Prevention trials Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.)

    Key finding: We also identify knowledge gaps and recommend future studies to identify whether plant-exclusive diets have an added cognitive advantage compared with plant-centered diets with fish and/or small amounts of animal foods.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  24. 2019-11-01

    Stalling life expectancy and increased mortality in working ages deserve urgent attention

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk factors The Lancet Public Health

    Key finding: The effect of austerity and associated budgets are strong contenders,3Ruckert A Labonté R Health inequities in the age of austerity: the need for social protection policies. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  25. 2019-11-01

    Association between fast-food outlet exposure and Body Mass Index in 124,286 Lifelines participants

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk factors European Journal of Public Health

    Key finding: Fast-food outlet exposure may be an important environmental determinant of BMI. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

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