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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 21,876–21,900 of 27,380 studies, newest first · page 876 of 1096.

September 2008 25

  1. 2008-09-11

    Adherence to Mediterranean diet and health status: meta-analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Prevention and risk BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

    Key finding: Greater adherence to a Mediterranean diet is associated with a significant improvement in health status, as seen by a significant reduction in overall mortality (9%), mortality from cardiovascular diseases (9%), incidence of or mortality from cancer (6%), and incidence of Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease (13%). +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  2. 2008-09-11

    Functional decline in cognitive impairment--the relationship between physical and cognitive function

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Prevention trials Neuroepidemiology

    Key finding: Poor physical function and muscle strength coexisted with cognitive impairment. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  3. 2008-09-11

    The prevalence of joint contractures, pressure sores, painful shoulder, other pain, falls, and depression in the year after a severely disabling stroke

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Clinical safety Stroke

    Key finding: Immobility-related complications are very common in the first year after a severely disabling stroke. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  4. 2008-09-10

    Gene expression profile of the bone microenvironment in human fragility fracture bone

    ✓ Peer-reviewed TREM2 and immune genetics Bone

    Key finding: Although some progress has been made in identifying genes that may contribute to OP disease, much of the genetic component of OP has yet to be accounted for. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  5. 2008-09-09

    Default-mode brain dysfunction in mental disorders: a systematic review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Brain scans and imaging Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews

    Key finding: Third, we describe putative mechanisms proposed to link DMN abnormalities and mental disorders. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  6. 2008-09-08

    Selective induction of calcineurin activity and signaling by oligomeric amyloid beta

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Disease mechanisms Aging cell

    Key finding: Although the presence of plaques of fibrillar aggregates of the amyloid beta peptide (Abeta) is a signature of AD, evidence suggests that the preplaque small oligomeric Abeta promotes both synaptic dysfunction and neuronal death. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  7. 2008-09-07

    Causes of death in elderly nursing home residents

    ✓ Peer-reviewed End-of-life care Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

    Key finding: The single most common cause of death occurring within the nursing home was Alzheimer's, with most dying appropriately on hospice care. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  8. 2008-09-06

    BDNF is a novel marker of cognitive function in ageing women: the DR's EXTRA Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Drug development Neurobiology of learning and memory

    Key finding: BDNF was not associated with cognition in men. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  9. 2008-09-02

    Glucocorticoids trigger Alzheimer disease-like pathobiochemistry in rat neuronal cells expressing human tau

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Risk genes beyond APOE Journal of neurochemistry

    Key finding: Abnormal APP metabolism leads to the generation of neurotoxic amyloid beta (Abeta), whereas tau hyperphosphorylation culminates in cytoskeletal disturbances, neuronal dysfunction and death. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  10. 2008-09 month only

    Urinary and fecal incontinence in nursing home residents

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Health systems and care delivery Gastroenterology clinics of North America

    Key finding: This article reviews the results of studies that have documented how prompted voiding programs can significantly reduce urinary and fecal incontinence, particularly if the intervention includes dietary and exercise components.

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  11. 2008-09-01

    Dying with advanced dementia in long-term care geriatric institutions: a retrospective study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed End-of-life care Journal of palliative medicine

    Key finding: Some indicators imply a less than optimal quality of care (restraints, pressure sores, psychoactive drugs, and the lack of documentation of shared decision-making) and suggest that far advanced demented patients are not fully perceived as "terminal." +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  12. 2008-09-01

    Utility of different MR modalities in mild cognitive impairment and its use as a predictor of conversion to probable dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Biomarkers Academic radiology

    Key finding: Rationale and objectives Mild cognitive impairment has been regarded as a pre-Alzheimer condition, but some patients do not develop dementia. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  13. 2008-09-01

    Effect of hippocampal and amygdala volumes on clinical outcomes in major depression: a 3-year prospective magnetic resonance imaging study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Hippocampus size on brain scans Journal of psychiatry & neuroscience : JPN

    Key finding: Overall, our results suggest that a relatively small hippocampal volume may be a vulnerability factor for a bad treatment response in major depression. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  14. 2008-09-01

    Mutations in TREM2 lead to pure early-onset dementia without bone cysts

    ✓ Peer-reviewed TREM2 and immune genetics Human mutation

    Key finding: A unique locus homozygous by descent at chromosome 6p21.2 locus was identified. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  15. 2008-09-01

    Peripheral oxidative damage in mild cognitive impairment and mild Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Mild cognitive impairment Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD

    Key finding: In mild AD patients, the plasma levels of vitamin E were significantly decreased, while the plasma concentration of oxidized glutathione was increased in both MCI and mild AD patients. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  16. 2008-09-01

    The four-factor model of depressive symptoms in dementia caregivers: a structural equation model of ethnic differences

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Disparities Psychology and aging

    Key finding: Previous studies have suggested that 4 latent constructs (depressed affect, well-being, interpersonal problems, somatic symptoms) underlie the item responses on the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression (CES-D) Scale. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  17. 2008-09-01

    Attitudes and support needs of Black Caribbean, south Asian and White British carers of people with dementia in the UK

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

    Key finding: The findings suggest that specific cultural attitudes towards the caregiving role have important implications for how carers can best be supported. +1 more finding

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  18. 2008-09-01

    Racial and ethnic disparities in the treatment of dementia among Medicare beneficiaries

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Disparities The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences

    Key finding: After adjusting for demographics, socioeconomics, health care access and utilization, comorbidities, and service year, we found that anti-dementia medication use was approximately 30% higher among non-Hispanic Whites compared to other racial/ethnic groups (PR=0.73, 95% confidence interval [CI]=0.59, 0.91). +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  19. 2008-09-01

    Coping strategies, anxiety and depression in caregivers of people with Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Caregiving International journal of geriatric psychiatry

    Key finding: Using emotion-focussed coping strategies in response to caregiver burden seemed to protect caregivers from developing higher anxiety levels a year later; however using problem-focussed strategies did not. +1 more finding

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  20. 2008-09-01

    Imaging amyloid deposition in Lewy body diseases

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Caregiving Neurology

    Key finding: Global cortical amyloid burden is high in dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) but low in Parkinson disease dementia. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  21. 2008-09-01

    MRI correlates of neurofibrillary tangle pathology at autopsy: a voxel-based morphometry study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Brain scans and imaging Neurology

    Key finding: Patterns of gray matter loss are associated with neurofibrillary tangle (NFT) pathology, specifically with NFT burden at Braak stages III and IV and with Braak stage itself at higher stages. +3 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  22. 2008-09-01

    Prophylactic oophorectomy in premenopausal women and long-term health

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Prevention and risk Menopause international

    Key finding: The potential adverse effects of prophylactic bilateral oophorectomy on heart health, neurological health, bone health and quality of life should be carefully weighed against its potential benefits for cancer risk reduction in women at average risk of ovarian cancer. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  23. 2008-09-01

    Effect of physical activity on cognitive function in older adults at risk for Alzheimer disease: a randomized trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Treatments JAMA

    Key finding: In this study of adults with subjective memory impairment, a 6-month program of physical activity provided a modest improvement in cognition over an 18-month follow-up period. +2 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  24. 2008-09-01

    Correlating cerebral hypometabolism with future memory decline in subsequent converters to amnestic pre-mild cognitive impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Genetics Archives of neurology

    Key finding: Individuals with amnestic pre-MCI showed significantly greater correlations between cerebral hypometabolism and subsequent long-term memory decline than nondecliners in Alzheimer disease-affected brain regions. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

  25. 2008-09-01

    Cerebral small vessel disease-induced apolipoprotein E leakage is associated with Alzheimer disease and the accumulation of amyloid beta-protein in perivascular astrocytes

    ✓ Peer-reviewed Genetics Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology

    Key finding: Microvascular changes are also associated with AD and have been discussed as a possible reason for altered perivascular drainage. +4 more findings

    Full summary, score breakdown and related studies → Original source

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