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  1. Alcohol use disorder accelerates age-related cognitive decline 2026-09-23
  2. A longitudinal study of age-related traits and cognitive function: The Collaborative Amish Aging and Memory Project (CAAMP) 2026-09-20
  3. Associations of menopause hormone therapy with late-life cognition and brain health vary by formulation and APOEε4 presence 2026-09-20

Studies

1,142 studies carry this tag.

Date range

1986 to 2026

Top journals

  • Alzheimer s & Dementia 42
  • Neurology 41
  • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 36
  • Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 35
  • Nutrients 23

437 journals in all.

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  1. Perspectives on Diet and Exercise Interaction for Healthy Aging: Opportunities to Reduce Malnutrition Risk and Optimize Fitness

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Nutrients 2025-02-06 Prevention and risk

    Nutrition and exercise play a pivotal role in counteracting the effects of aging, promoting health, and improving physical fitness in older adults.

  2. Health benefits of leisure-time physical activity by socioeconomic status, lifestyle risk, and mental health: a multicohort study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 58 out of 100. The Lancet Public Health 2025-02-01 Prevention and risk

    14 IPD-Work studies were assessed and six studies were excluded due to missing outcome data and unavailable data for pooling, resulting in the inclusion of eight studies with 124 909 participants.

  3. Impact of frailty status on the effect of a multidomain lifestyle intervention on cognition

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Age and Ageing 2025-02-01 Prevention trials

    Frailty status (prefrail/frail n = 520, robust n = 625) at baseline did not modify the effect of intervention on global cognition during the 2-year follow-up (P-value for frailty × intervention × time interaction > .05).

  4. Prevalence of subjective cognitive decline and its association with physical health problems among urban community dwelling elderly population in South India

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2025-02-01 Mild cognitive impairment

    Among the participants, 377 (93.5%) reported subjective memory complaints.

  5. The intricate interplay between dietary habits and cognitive function: insights from the gut-brain axis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Frontiers in Nutrition 2025-01-29 Prevention trials

    The intricate relationship between dietary habits and cognitive function is gaining increasing attention, with a focus on the gut-brain axis as a modifiable target for intervention.

  6. Trajectories of general and central obesity beyond middle age in relation to late‐life cognitive decline and dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. Obesity 2025-01-28 Brain tissue and pathology

    General and central obesity trajectories beyond midlife with persistently high or increasing patterns were significantly associated with an increased risk of developing cognitive decline and dementia in late life.

  7. Enhancing memory performance in older adults through socially engaging cognitive training

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 30 out of 100. Educational Gerontology 2025-01-27 Prevention trials

    This follow-up study builds on our previous research, which showed that combining strategy based cognitive training (ST) with social engagement (SE) improved memory performance in older adults more than social meetings alone.

  8. Offspring education and cognitive health: A comparison between Hispanic and White older adults in the United States

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2025-01-27 Disparities

    Higher offspring education (> 12 years) was associated with higher baseline cognitive scores and faster cognitive decline.

  9. THE EFFECT OF BOARDGAMES THERAPY: SCRABBLE ON COGNITIVE ABILITIES IN ELDERLY WITH DEMENTIA

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 27 out of 100. Jurnal Riset Kesehatan Poltekkes Depkes Bandung 2025-01-24 Cognitive tests and assessment

    Cognitive impairment in the elderly causes a decrease in the ability to do various things related to thinking and remembering.

  10. Efficacy of a group-based 8-week multicomponent cognitive training on cognition, mood and activities of daily living among healthy older adults: A two-year follow-up of a randomized controlled trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer s Disease 2025-01-23 Prevention trials

    Compared with the control arm (n = 36), the TEAM-V Program (n = 39) was associated with significantly improved general cognition (MoCA, P = 0.02) at 2 years.

  11. All Hispanic/Latino immigrant adults, regardless of age at migration, have a cognitive health disadvantage (at each visit and over time) relative to U.S./mainland-born Hispanic/Latino individuals.

  12. Improving Gait Ability and Cognition Function through Action Observation Training in Elderly with Dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 34 out of 100. Neurorehabilitation 2025-01-22 Getting a diagnosis

    BackgroundDementia is one of the most prevalent conditions among older adults.

  13. The overall adherence rate to MI was 84.7%.

  14. Development of an Evidence-Based Cognitive Training Application for Elderly Individuals with Cognitive Dysfunction

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Healthcare 2025-01-21 Prevention trials

    The application was developed with distinct user and administrator interfaces to support engagement and monitoring.

  15. A mobile-based multidomain lifestyle intervention using Cognitive Evergreenland for older adults with subjective cognitive decline: a feasibility study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. BMC Geriatrics 2025-01-20 Mild cognitive impairment

    The retention rate for MLIP-CE was 90.2% (37/41).

  16. Long-Term Effect of Intensive vs Standard Blood Pressure Control on Mild Cognitive Impairment and Probable Dementia in SPRINT

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 62 out of 100. Neurology 2025-01-16 Getting a diagnosis

    Of 9,361 randomized participants, 7,221 (77%) were eligible to be re-contacted.

  17. Dysphagia in older adults with mild cognitive impairment and dementia through fluoroscopic study with barium swallow in a memory clinic

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. Frontiers in Neurology 2025-01-15 Long-term cohort studies

    Our findings highlight the altered phases of swallowing in patients with dementia.

  18. Neighborhood environment associations with cognitive function and structural brain measures in older African Americans

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. BMC medicine 2025-01-13 Risk factors

    Since older adults spend significant time in their neighborhood environment, environmental factors such as neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage, high racial segregation, low healthy food availability, low access to recreation, and minimal social engagement may have adverse effects on cognitive function and increase susceptibility to dementia.

  19. The role of the Mediterranean diet in reducing the risk of cognitive impairement, dementia, and Alzheimer's disease: a meta-analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 72 out of 100. GeroScience 2025-01-11 Prevention trials

    Age-related cognitive impairment and dementia pose a significant global health, social, and economic challenge.

  20. Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and Tai Chi Chuan for Older Adults With Sleep Disorders and Mild Cognitive Impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. JAMA Network Open 2025-01-10 Risk factors

    A total of 110 participants (mean [SD] age, 67.9 [4.6] years; 68 female [61.8%]) were randomized to the experimental group (n = 55) and the sham group (n = 55) and included in the intention-to-treat analysis.

  21. Virtual Reality Interventions for Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 79 out of 100. Journal of medical Internet research 2025-01-10 Prevention trials

    Two reviewers independently screened the search results and reference lists of the identified papers and related reviews.

  22. Effectiveness of a home-based computerized cognitive training in Parkinson's disease: a pilot randomized cross-over study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Frontiers in Psychology 2025-01-09 Prevention trials

    These findings suggest that HB-CCT via Neurotablet can effectively enhance specific cognitive abilities in PD, supporting the role of digital, home-based interventions as feasible strategies to mitigate cognitive decline.

  23. The “WarioWare: Move It!” intervention significantly improved physical flexibility, joint range of motion, motor coordination, hand dexterity, and cognitive function among older adults with mild cognitive impairment or dementia residing in rural LTCFs.

  24. Hearing loss, diet, and cognitive decline: interconnections for dementia prevention

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer s Disease 2025-01-05 Prevention and risk

    Among 5,145 participants included in the analyses, 747 (14.5 %) reported hearing loss, including 207 Black adults and 199 White adults.

  25. Cognitive training with adaptive algorithm improves cognitive ability in older people with MCI

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 34 out of 100. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research 2025-01-03 Prevention trials

    Recent discoveries indicating that the brain retains its ability to adapt and change throughout life have sparked interest in cognitive training (CT) as a possible means to postpone the development of dementia.

  26. 2788 Exercise trainers as key enablers in the remote delivery of dementia prevention interventions in the homes of older adults

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. Age and Ageing 2025-01-01 Prevention trials

    Exercise trainers played crucial roles that extended beyond the supervision of exercise sessions and contributed to participant engagement in the interventions.

  27. = 0.279). No adverse events were reported.

  28. ApoE Genotype, Age, and Cognitive Decline in Old Chinese Individuals Without Dementia: A Population‐Based Study With Five‐Year Follow‐Up

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 37 out of 100. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 2025-01-01 Cognitive tests and assessment

    After 5 years, 666 (86.8%) individuals were followed up.

  29. Cognitive interventions for healthy older adults: A systematic meta-review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 58 out of 100. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology 2025-01-01 Prevention trials

    Thirty-nine articles were included, with 21 meta-analyses and 18 qualitative systematic reviews.

  30. Higher cognitive reserve was associated with better cognition, fewer functional difficulties, more physical activity and better quality of life at baseline but was associated with accelerated cognitive decline and greater dependence over time.

  31. Comparing Traditional and Technology-Based Methods for Executive Function and Attention Training in Moderate Alzheimer's Dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 58 out of 100. Psicothema 2025-01-01 Cognitive tests and assessment

    The interventions proved effective in improving executive functions.

  32. From October 2018 to March 2020, 58 participants were recruited (29 per group, 95% [86%-99%]).

  33. Effects of a 12-Week Hybrid Analog–Digital Cognitive Training on Cognitively Unimpaired Older Adults: A Pilot Single-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Dementia and Neurocognitive Disorders 2025-01-01 Prevention trials

    =0.03), indicating improved executive function.

  34. Exploring the effect of multi-modal intervention against cognitive decline on atrophy and small vessel disease imaging markers in the AgeWell.de imaging study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 60 out of 100. NeuroImage Clinical 2025-01-01 Prevention trials

    56 individuals (mean (sd) age: 68.8 (4.2) years, 26 females, 24/32 intervention/control group) were included at baseline and 41 returned after an average of 28 months for the second assessment.

  35. Factors associated with adherence to tablet‐based cognitive training: J‐MINT study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 60 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia Translational Research & Clinical Interventions 2025-01-01 Prevention trials

    Vision difficulty and a larger friend network were negatively associated with adherence.

  36. Mobile-Based Cognitive Training for Older Chinese Americans: Perspectives From Older Adults and Adult Children

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 35 out of 100. Innovation in Aging 2025-01-01 Prevention trials

    Five themes emerged. Both older adults and adult children had partial knowledge of dementia and were able to list learning new things and social activities as cognitively stimulating activities.

  37. Multidomain interventions for preventing cognitive decline in older adults with type 2 diabetes and mild cognitive impairment: Secondary analysis of the J-MINT

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Journal of Aging Research and Lifestyle 2025-01-01 Prevention trials

    Multidomain interventions may benefit younger older adults or those with overly strict or lenient HbA1c control; however, these findings need confirmation in future studies.

  38. Resting state electroencephalography alpha activity predicts cognitive scores in rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 32 out of 100. SLEEP Advances 2025-01-01 Risk factors

    Idiopathic rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder (iRBD) is characterized by the loss of atonia during REM sleep, causing dream-enacting behavior.

  39. Spatial Distribution and Clustering Patterns of Cognitive Impairment Among the Older Population — 31 PLADs, China, 2024

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 37 out of 100. China CDC Weekly 2025-01-01 Risk factors

    What is already known about this topic?: As the Chinese population ages, the prevalence of cognitive impairment among older adults continues to increase.

  40. Test–retest reliability of the computer-based cognitive assessment tool for community-dwelling older adults in Japan: The Otassha study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Digital Health 2025-01-01 Getting a diagnosis

    CompBased-CAT demonstrated good test–retest reliability, with an ICC of 0.64 among all participants, which increased to 0.74 among participants with MCI over a 2-month period, indicating its potential for monitoring cognitive function through repeated assessments.

  41. The relationship between levels of physical activity, adherence to the MIND diet, and cognitive impairment in adults aged 65 years or older in Pakistan

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease Reports 2025-01-01 Prevention trials

    Our analysis revealed that 26.40% of the participants had mild cognitive impairment, whereas 48.50% demonstrated low adherence to the MIND diet.

  42. Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation and Cognitive Training Enhanced Performance and Theta Activity in Adults With Cognitive Impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Psicothema 2025-01-01 Prevention trials

    Only the real-tACS group improved in the oddball task and exhibited increased event-related EEG amplitude in the theta range.

  43. Type 2 Diabetes and Cognitive Decline: A Neurovascular Perspective

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Chronicle of Diabetes Research and Practice 2025-01-01 Prevention trials

    The manuscript provides a thorough analysis of the neurovascular and metabolic processes that contribute to cognitive deterioration in patients with Type 2 diabetes (T2D).

  44. The results indicate that incorporating MI can positively influence cognitive status, emotional status, and the quality of life in older adults diagnosed with early-stage dementia.

  45. Associations of Neighborhood Walkability with Cognitive Impairment Depend on Geographic Context

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2024-12-01 Risk factors

    In adjusted analyses, walkability was not related to cognitive impairment in the full sample (OR = 0.89 (95% CI: 0.61‐1.28 for highest vs lowest quartile).

  46. Typical normative models appear appropriate for remote self‐administered measures and are sensitive to cognitive impairment.

  47. Relationship Between Social Support and Global Cognition by Level of Neighborhood Disadvantage in the HABS‐HD Cohort

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2024-12-01 Risk factors

    Overall, these findings highlight the generally robust, protective effect of social support on cognitive abilities in this large, diverse cohort of older adults.

  48. The relationship between neighborhood disadvantage and the brain age gap

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 49 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2024-12-01 Risk factors

    This analysis found that the mean brain age gap does not significantly differ between Quintile 5 and Quintiles 1‐4 (p≤0.45), however statistical power was low given very broad confidence intervals.

  49. The Southern Illinois University Longitudinal Cognitive Aging Study: A Cohort Analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2024-12-01 Risk factors

    The study has enrolled over 1,600 normal control participants since study inception. 150 original participants continue their participation.

  50. A Mindfulness-Based Lifestyle Intervention for Dementia Risk Reduction: Protocol for the My Healthy Brain Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 64 out of 100. JMIR research protocols 2024-11-21 Treatments

    Our pilot studies (National Institutes of Health [NIH] stage 1A) have shown that MHB is feasible, acceptable, and associated with improvement in lifestyle behavior and cognitive outcomes.

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