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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 16,326–16,350 of 27,380 studies, newest first · page 654 of 1096.

February 2016 25

  1. 2016-02-04

    Noise induced hearing loss impairs spatial learning/memory and hippocampal neurogenesis in mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk factors Scientific reports

    Key finding: Hearing loss has been associated with cognitive decline in the elderly and is considered to be an independent risk factor for dementia. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  2. 2016-02-04

    Encountering aged care: a mixed methods investigation of medical students' clinical placement experiences

    ✓ Peer-reviewed End-of-life care BMC geriatrics

    Key finding: Pre-placement surveys identified good dementia knowledge, but poor attitudes towards aged care and older adults. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  3. 2016-02-04

    Advance care planning in motor neuron disease: A qualitative study of caregiver perspectives

    ✓ Peer-reviewed End-of-life care Palliative medicine

    Key finding: Advance care planning can assist patients to achieve a sense of control and 'peace of mind' and facilitates important family discussion. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  4. 2016-02-04

    Subjective memory decline predicts greater rates of clinical progression in preclinical Alzheimer's disease

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

    Key finding: High SMD is a harbinger of greater rates of clinical progression in preclinical AD. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  5. 2016-02-04

    Behavioural Risk Factors in Mid-Life Associated with Successful Ageing, Disability, Dementia and Frailty in Later Life: A Rapid Systematic Review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Prevention and risk PloS one

    Key finding: This search located 10,338 individual references, of which 164 are included in this review. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  6. 2016-02-03

    Palliative and end of life care for people with dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed End-of-life care Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987)

    Key finding: As a result, people with dementia at the end of life often receive aggressive and burdensome interventions, or inadequate assessment and management of their symptoms.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  7. 2016-02-03

    The glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP) receptor as a therapeutic target in Parkinson's disease: mechanisms of action

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Drug development Drug discovery today

    Key finding: Growing evidence suggests that agonists of the glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor provide neuroprotection across a range of experimental models of Parkinson's disease (PD) and, recently, a small proof-of-concept, open-label human trial of exenatide in the treatment moderate severity PD appeared to show persistent improvements in motor and cognitive function.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  8. 2016-02-03

    Heterogeneous histopathology of cortical microbleeds in cerebral amyloid angiopathy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Brain scans and imaging Neurology

    Key finding: This study provides evidence for heterogeneous pathologic substrates and possibly different pathophysiologic mechanisms underlying MRI-observed cortical microbleeds in the context of advanced CAA and Alzheimer disease.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  9. 2016-02-03

    Amyloid pathology and axonal injury after brain trauma

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Brain scans and imaging Neurology

    Key finding: Increased Aβ burden was observed in TBI. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  10. 2016-02-02

    Depression and postoperative complications: an overview

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Clinical safety BMC surgery

    Key finding: Depression is a frequent cause of morbidity in surgery patients suffering from a wide range of conditions. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  11. 2016-02-02

    Molecular Pathological Classification of Neurodegenerative Diseases: Turning towards Precision Medicine

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Brain tissue and pathology International journal of molecular sciences

    Key finding: These proteins and their biochemical modifications can be potentially targeted for therapy or used as biomarkers. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  12. 2016-02 month only

    Late-life depression is not associated with dementia-related pathology

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk factors Neuropsychology

    Key finding: In the full cohort, 9.4% were diagnosed with major depression and 8.6% had chronically elevated depressive symptoms, both of which were related to adverse cognitive outcomes. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  13. 2016-02-01

    Preinjury physical frailty and cognitive impairment among geriatric trauma patients determine postinjury functional recovery and survival

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Clinical safety The journal of trauma and acute care surgery

    Key finding: Preinjury physical frailty is the predominant predictor of postinjury functional status and mortality in geriatric trauma patients. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  14. 2016-02-01

    The Differential Diagnosis and Treatment of Atypical Parkinsonism

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Clinical safety Deutsches Arzteblatt international

    Key finding: Causal treatments for neurodegenerative diseases are now being developed and tested, and thus a molecular diagnosis is desirable.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  15. 2016-02-01

    The Healthy Mind, Healthy Mobility Trial: A Novel Exercise Program for Older Adults

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Prevention trials Medicine and science in sports and exercise

    Key finding: A 26-wk group-based exercise program combined with dual-task training improved GCF in community-dwelling older adults without dementia. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  16. 2016-02-01

    Antipsychotic Use in Hospitalized Adults: Rates, Indications, and Predictors

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Disparities Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

    Key finding: Antipsychotic initiation and use were common during hospitalization, most often for delirium, and individuals were frequently discharged on these medications. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  17. 2016-02-01

    Regulatory T cells delay disease progression in Alzheimer-like pathology

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Inflammation and the immune system Brain : a journal of neurology

    Key finding: Vaccines targeting amyloid-β peptide provided encouraging results in mouse models, but severe side effects attributed to T cell responses in the first clinical trial AN1792 underlined the need for better understanding adaptive immunity in Alzheimer's disease. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  18. 2016-02-01

    The Cellular Phase of Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Inflammation and the immune system Cell

    Key finding: This direct causality is incompatible with clinical observations. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  19. 2016-02-01

    Altered Mitochondrial DNA Methylation Pattern in Alzheimer Disease-Related Pathology and in Parkinson Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk genes beyond APOE The American journal of pathology

    Key finding: Mitochondria are intracellular organelles essential for cell viability and are characterized by the presence of the mitochondrial (mt)DNA. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  20. 2016-02-01

    Assessment of Mental Status

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Digital health tools Neurologic clinics

    Key finding: A second type of assessment utilizes what may be termed as "screening tests" or "omnibus tests". +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  21. 2016-02-01

    Impaired Cognition and Brain Atrophy Decades After Hypertensive Pregnancy Disorders

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Digital health tools Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes

    Key finding: Hypertensive pregnancy disorders are associated with worse performance on tests of processing speed and smaller brain volumes decades later. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  22. 2016-02-01

    Hypertension and aging

    ✓ Peer-reviewed How common it is Ageing research reviews

    Key finding: The objective of the present review is to highlight the multi-dimensional risks of hypertension among older adults and discuss potential strategies for treatment and future areas of research for improving overall care for older adults with hypertension.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  23. 2016-02-01

    Dexmedetomidine versus Propofol Sedation Reduces Delirium after Cardiac Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Prevention and risk Anesthesiology

    Key finding: When compared with propofol, dexmedetomidine sedation reduced incidence, delayed onset, and shortened duration of POD in elderly patients after cardiac surgery. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  24. 2016-02-01

    Incidence of Dementia over Three Decades in the Framingham Heart Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Prevention and risk The New England journal of medicine

    Key finding: Among participants in the Framingham Heart Study, the incidence of dementia has declined over the course of three decades. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  25. 2016-02-01

    Routine cognitive screening in a neurology practice: Effect on physician behavior

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Treatments Neurology. Clinical practice

    Key finding: There was a 37.4% screen positive rate on the Mini-Cog. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

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