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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 20,226–20,250 of 27,380 studies, newest first · page 810 of 1096.

March 2011 25

  1. 2011-03-15

    Geographic Variation in Diagnosis Frequency and Risk of Death Among Medicare Beneficiaries

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk factors JAMA

    Key finding: Diagnosis frequency ranged across HRRs from 0.58 chronic conditions in Grand Junction, Colorado, to 1.23 in Miami, Florida (mean, 0.90 [95% confidence interval {CI}, 0.89-0.91]; median, 0.87 [interquartile range, 0.80-0.96]). +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  2. 2011-03-15

    Patients treated with catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation have long-term rates of death, stroke, and dementia similar to patients without atrial fibrillation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk factors Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology

    Key finding: AF ablation patients were less likely to have diabetes, but were more likely to have hypertension, HF, and significant valvular heart disease. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  3. 2011-03-15

    Alzheimer risk associated with a copy number variation in the complement receptor 1 increasing C3b/C4b binding sites

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Genetics Molecular psychiatry

    Key finding: We obtained significant association (P(adj)<0.03; odds ratio (OR)=1.24 (95% confidence interval (CI): 1.02-1.51)) for one CR1 risk haplotype, and haplotype association was strongest in individuals carrying apolipoprotein E (APOE) ɛ4 alleles (P(adj)<0.006; OR=1.50 (95% CI: 1.08-2.09)). +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  4. 2011-03-14

    Using positron emission tomography and Carbon 11-labeled Pittsburgh Compound B to image Brain Fibrillar β-amyloid in adults with down syndrome: safety, acceptability, and feasibility

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Down syndrome and Alzheimer's Archives of neurology

    Key finding: Dynamic [(11)C]PiB PET can be used successfully to measure cerebral β-amyloid deposition in DS. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  5. 2011-03-14

    Prevalence of stroke and related burden among older people living in Latin America, India and China

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Disparities Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry

    Key finding: The prevalence of stroke in urban LA and Chinese sites is nearly as high as in industrialised countries.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  6. 2011-03-11

    Cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers for Parkinson disease diagnosis and progression

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Tau biomarkers Annals of neurology

    Key finding: There is a clear need to develop biomarkers for Parkinson disease (PD) diagnosis, differential diagnosis of Parkinsonian disorders, and monitoring disease progression. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  7. 2011-03-09

    CR1 is associated with amyloid plaque burden and age-related cognitive decline

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Genetics Annals of neurology

    Key finding: We found that common variation at the CR1 locus has a broad impact on cognition and that this effect is largely mediated by an individual's amyloid plaque burden. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  8. 2011-03-09

    Inhibition of phospholipase A2 in rat brain decreases the levels of total Tau protein

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Tau biomarkers Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996)

    Key finding: Six Tau isoforms are expressed in adult human brain. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  9. 2011-03-08

    Prevalence of dementia and cognitive impairment among older adults with hip fractures

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Health systems and care delivery Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

    Key finding: We conclude that dementia and cognitive impairment are common among older adults with hip fractures. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  10. 2011-03-08

    All cause and disease specific mortality in patients with knee or hip osteoarthritis: population based cohort study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed How common it is BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

    Key finding: Patients with osteoarthritis had excess all cause mortality compared with the general population (standardised mortality ratio 1.55, 95% confidence interval 1.41 to 1.70). +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  11. 2011-03-07

    Relationships between β-amyloid and functional connectivity in different components of the default mode network in aging

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Brain scans and imaging Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991)

    Key finding: Although beta-amyloid (Aβ) deposition is a characteristic feature of Alzheimer's disease (AD), this pathology is commonly found in elderly normal controls (NC). +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  12. 2011-03-03

    Seeding of normal Tau by pathological Tau conformers drives pathogenesis of Alzheimer-like tangles

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Disease mechanisms The Journal of biological chemistry

    Key finding: Consistent with the emerging concept of prion-like transmissibility of disease-causing amyloidogenic proteins, we found that spontaneous uptake of Tau pffs into cells is likely mediated by endocytosis, suggesting a potential mechanism for the propagation of Tau lesions in tauopathy brains.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  13. 2011-03-01

    Deaths: preliminary data for 2009

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Disparities National vital statistics reports : from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System

    Key finding: The age-adjusted death rate decreased from 758.7 deaths per 100,000 population in 2008 to 741.0 deaths per 100,000 population in 2009. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  14. 2011-03-01

    2011 Alzheimer's disease facts and figures

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Health systems and care delivery Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association

    Key finding: Dramatic increases in the numbers of "oldest-old" (those aged ≥85 years) across all racial and ethnic groups will also significantly affect the numbers of people living with AD.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  15. 2011-03-01

    Dendritic spine pathology in neuropsychiatric disorders

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Brain tissue and pathology Nature neuroscience

    Key finding: Substantial progress has been made toward understanding the genetic architecture, cellular substrates, brain circuits and endophenotypic profiles of neuropsychiatric disorders, including autism spectrum disorders (ASD), schizophrenia and Alzheimer's disease. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  16. 2011-03-01

    The targets of curcumin

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Treatments Current drug targets

    Key finding: In recent years, extensive in vitro and in vivo studies suggested curcumin has anticancer, antiviral, antiarthritic, anti-amyloid, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory properties. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  17. 2011-03-01

    Engaging neuroscience to advance translational research in brain barrier biology

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Tau biomarkers Nature reviews. Neuroscience

    Key finding: The delivery of many potentially therapeutic and diagnostic compounds to specific areas of the brain is restricted by brain barriers, of which the most well known are the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and the blood-cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) barrier. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  18. 2011-03-01

    Amyloid β-induced death in neurons involves glial and neuronal hemichannels

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Biomarkers The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience

    Key finding: We report that low concentrations of Aβ(25-35) increased hemichannel activity in all three cell types and microglia initiate these effects triggered by Aβ. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  19. 2011-03-01

    Atrial fibrillation and incidence of dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Vascular contributions Neurology

    Key finding: There is consistent evidence supporting an association between AF and increased incidence of dementia in patients with stroke whereas there remains considerable uncertainty about any link in the broader population. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  20. 2011-03-01

    Longitudinal neuroimaging correlates of subjective memory impairment: 4-year prospective community study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Hippocampus size on brain scans The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science

    Key finding: Complaints of poor memory by older people, particularly when new, may be a realistic subjective appraisal of recent brain changes independent of observed cognitive decline. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  21. 2011-03-01

    Effect of brain-derived neurotrophic factor haploinsufficiency on stress-induced remodeling of hippocampal neurons

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Hippocampus size on brain scans Hippocampus

    Key finding: Chronic restraint stress (CRS) induces the remodeling (i.e., retraction and simplification) of the apical dendrites of hippocampal CA3 pyramidal neurons in rats, suggesting that intrahippocampal connectivity can be affected by a prolonged stressful challenge. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  22. 2011-03-01

    Enhancing memory in late-life depression: the effects of a combined psychoeducation and cognitive training program

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Prevention trials The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry

    Key finding: CT may be a viable secondary prevention technique for late-life depression, a group who are at risk of further cognitive decline and progression to dementia.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  23. 2011-03-01

    Longitudinal deficits to attention, executive, and working memory in subtypes of mild cognitive impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Mild cognitive impairment Neuropsychology

    Key finding: The results indicate that a-MCI and na-MCI display a stable pattern of deficits to attention, working memory, and executive function. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  24. 2011-03-01

    High blood pressure accelerates gait slowing in well-functioning older adults over 18-years of follow-up

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Disparities Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

    Key finding: High BP accelerates gait slowing in well-functioning older adults over a long period of time, even for those who control their BP or develop hypertension later in life. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  25. 2011-03-01

    The sirtuin pathway in ageing and Alzheimer disease: mechanistic and therapeutic considerations

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Caregiving The Lancet. Neurology

    Key finding: The sirtuin pathway, which is most notable for its association with the anti-ageing effects of calorie restriction, has received particular attention, and pharmacological or transgenic upregulation of the sirtuin pathway has shown promising results in laboratory models of ageing. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

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