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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 13,551–13,575 of 27,380 studies, newest first · page 543 of 1096.

October 2018 25

  1. 2018-10-23

    Polygenic Score for Alzheimer Disease and cognition: The mediating role of personality

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Genetics Journal of psychiatric research

    Key finding: Alzheimer's disease (AD) polygenic risk score (PGS) is associated with lower cognitive functioning even among older individuals without dementia. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  2. 2018-10-23

    Diabetes and Alzheimer's Disease: Mechanisms and Nutritional Aspects

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Prevention and risk Clinical nutrition research

    Key finding: Recent reports have demonstrated that hyperglycemia is closely related to the development of cognitive impairment and dementia, suggesting that there may be a cause-effect relationship between hyperglycemia and dementia. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  3. 2018-10-22

    DNA Hypomethylation in Blood Links B3GALT4 and ZADH2 to Alzheimer’s Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Biomarkers Journal of Alzheimer s Disease

    Key finding: Differentially methylated positions (DMPs) between persons with and without late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD) were observed at 477 of 769,190 loci in a plurality of genes. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  4. 2018-10-22

    Prolonged Drug-Releasing Fibers Attenuate Alzheimer's Disease-like Pathogenesis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Drug development ACS applied materials & interfaces

    Key finding: Here, a biodevice is produced by electrospinning PLA with a GLP-1 analogue (liraglutide, LG), coated with a thin layer of gelatin. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  5. 2018-10-21

    Multidomain Lifestyle Intervention Strategies for the Delay of Cognitive Impairment in Healthy Aging

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Prevention trials Nutrients

    Key finding: This shift in population consequently results in many social and economic problems, which burden the social and economic systems of countries. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  6. 2018-10-21

    Occupational therapy practice in oncology care: Results from a survey

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Health systems and care delivery Nursing and Health Sciences

    Key finding: The everyday landscape of occupational therapy (OT) in oncology is underexplored, hindering targeted improvements. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  7. 2018-10-20

    Tooth loss as a risk factor for dementia: systematic review and meta-analysis of 21 observational studies

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Disparities BMC psychiatry

    Key finding: Future well-designed longitudinal researches examining the direct and indirect relationship between tooth loss and dementia risk are encouraged. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  8. 2018-10-19

    Corroboration of a Major Role for Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 in Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Costs and economics Frontiers in aging neuroscience

    Key finding: The striking results show that the risk of SD is much greater in those who are HSV-seropositive than in seronegative subjects, and that antiviral treatment causes a dramatic decrease in number of subjects who later develop SD. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  9. 2018-10-19

    The global burden of multiple chronic conditions: A narrative review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk factors Preventive medicine reports

    Key finding: Certain conditions cluster together more frequently than expected, with associations of up to three-fold, e.g. depression associated with stroke and with Alzheimer's disease, and communicable conditions such as TB and HIV/AIDS associated with diabetes and CVD, respectively.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  10. 2018-10-19

    Multisite study of the relationships between antemortem [ 11 C]PIB‐PET Centiloid values and postmortem measures of Alzheimer's disease neuropathology

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Brain scans and imaging Alzheimer s & Dementia

    Our study demonstrated the robustness of a multisite Centiloid [ 11 C]PIB‐PET study and established a range of pathology‐based CL thresholds.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  11. 2018-10-19

    Glycoprotein NMB: a novel Alzheimer's disease associated marker expressed in a subset of activated microglia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed TREM2 and immune genetics Acta neuropathologica communications

    Key finding: Despite considerable progress in the understanding of the pathophysiology of AD, the precise molecular mechanisms that cause the disease remain elusive. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  12. 2018-10-19

    Surgery, neuroinflammation and cognitive impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Caregiving EBioMedicine

    Key finding: Post-surgical neuroinflammation is a documented phenomenon that results in synaptic impairment, neuronal dysfunction and death, and impaired neurogenesis. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  13. 2018-10-18

    Naturally Occurring Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors and Their Potential Use for Alzheimer's Disease Therapy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Treatments Frontiers in pharmacology

    Key finding: This feature makes acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (AChEi) the main class of drugs currently used for the treatment of AD dementia phase, among which galantamine is the only naturally occurring substance. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  14. 2018-10-18

    Triggered Palliative Care for Late-Stage Dementia: A Pilot Randomized Trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed End-of-life care Journal of pain and symptom management

    Key finding: Specialty palliative care consultation for hospitalized patients with late-stage dementia is feasible and promising to improve decision-making and some treatment outcomes.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  15. 2018-10-18

    Towards Combinatorial Approaches for Preserving Cognitive Fitness in Aging

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Prevention trials Trends in neurosciences

    Key finding: Aging-related cognitive decline represents a critical risk factor for the development of dementia and is associated with global neurophysiological changes. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  16. 2018-10-18

    ALS/FTD-Linked Mutation in FUS Suppresses Intra-axonal Protein Synthesis and Drives Disease Without Nuclear Loss-of-Function of FUS

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Disease mechanisms Neuron

    Key finding: Through the generation of humanized FUS mice expressing full-length human FUS, we identify that when expressed at near endogenous murine FUS levels, both wild-type and ALS-causing and frontotemporal dementia (FTD)-causing mutations complement the essential function(s) of murine FUS. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  17. 2018-10-17

    Neurovascular dysfunction in vascular dementia, Alzheimer's and atherosclerosis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Vascular contributions BMC neuroscience

    Key finding: Efficient blood supply to the brain is of paramount importance to its normal functioning and improper blood flow can result in potentially devastating neurological consequences.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  18. 2018-10-17

    Sex differences in Alzheimer's disease and common neuropathologies of aging

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Brain tissue and pathology Acta neuropathologica

    Key finding: However, few pathological studies have addressed sex difference in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other brain pathologies. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  19. 2018-10-17

    Early MoCA predicts long-term cognitive and functional outcome and mortality after stroke

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Cognitive tests and assessment Neurology

    Key finding: MoCA was administered to 274 patients from 2 prospective hospital-based cohort studies in Germany (n = 125) and France (n = 149). +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  20. 2018-10-17

    Efficacy and safety of programmable compared with fixed anti-siphon devices for treating idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) in adults - SYGRAVA: study protocol for a randomized trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Treatments Trials

    Key finding: SYGRAVA is the first randomized trial to determine whether programmable ASDs reduce complications of drainage compared to fixed ASDs in patients with iNPH. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  21. 2018-10-16

    AMYPAD Diagnostic and Patient Management Study: Rationale and design

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Brain scans and imaging Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association

    Key finding: Reimbursement of amyloid-positron emission tomography (PET) is lagging due to the lack of definitive evidence on its clinical utility and cost-effectiveness. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  22. 2018-10-16

    Can Transcranial Direct-Current Stimulation Alone or Combined With Cognitive Training Be Used as a Clinical Intervention to Improve Cognitive Functioning in Persons With Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Prevention trials Frontiers in human neuroscience

    Key finding: Twelve studies with 195 PwD and four with 53 PwMCI met the inclusion criteria. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  23. 2018-10-15

    Fighting the Cause of Alzheimer's and GNE Myopathy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Disease mechanisms Frontiers in neuroscience

    Key finding: Individuals with mutations in presenilin or amyloid precursor protein (APP) gene develop AD while mutations in GNE (UDP N-acetylglucosamine 2 epimerase/N-acetyl Mannosamine kinase), key sialic acid biosynthesis enzyme, cause GNEM. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  24. 2018-10-15

    Altered bile acid profile associates with cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's disease-An emerging role for gut microbiome

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk factors Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association

    Key finding: We report for the first time an association between altered BA profile, genetic variants implicated in AD, and cognitive changes in disease using a large multicenter study. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  25. 2018-10-15

    Hearing impairment and the risk of neurodegenerative dementia: A longitudinal follow-up study using a national sample cohort

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk factors Scientific reports

    Key finding: The severe hearing impairment group showed an increased risk of dementia (adjusted HR = 1.17, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.04-1.31, P = 0.010). +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

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