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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

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1,138 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 33
  • Nutrients 23

437 journals in all.

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  1. Alcohol use disorder accelerates age-related cognitive decline

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. medRxiv (preprint) 2026-09-23 Getting a diagnosis

    ObjectiveTo investigate whether a lifetime history of DSM-5 AUD and correlated indices of alcohol consumption are associated with accelerated age-related cognitive decline in middle-aged and older adults.

  2. A longitudinal study of age-related traits and cognitive function: The Collaborative Amish Aging and Memory Project (CAAMP)

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. medRxiv (preprint) 2026-09-20 Biomarkers

    Structured AbstractO_ST_ABSINTRODUCTIONC_ST_ABSThe Collaborative Amish Aging and Memory Project (CAAMP) is an ongoing longitudinal study spanning multiple sites, focused on cognitive function and age-related traits in Midwestern Amish (Ohio and Indiana) communities.

  3. Associations of menopause hormone therapy with late-life cognition and brain health vary by formulation and APOEε4 presence

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. medRxiv (preprint) 2026-09-20 Genetics

    Implications of menopause hormone therapy (MHT) for cognitive aging remain unclear despite decades of research.

  4. Accelerometer-Derived Relative Amplitude and Midlife Cognition: A Cross-Sectional Study

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. medRxiv (preprint) 2026-09-16 Risk factors

    ImportanceLower relative amplitude of the rest-activity pattern has been associated with cognitive decline and incident dementia in older adults, but its relationship with domain-specific cognitive performance during midlife is less well characterized.

  5. Late Life Learning, Cognition, and Aging: A Longitudinal study of middle and older-aged adults in Beirut, Lebanon (3LC study)

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. medRxiv (preprint) 2026-09-15 Prevention and risk

    BackgroundLebanon is undergoing substantial demographic and social change, with older adults comprising approximately 10% of the population.

  6. Instrumental activities of daily living in older adults with epilepsy: A cross‐sectional and longitudinal multicenter study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Epilepsia 2026-09-07 Risk factors

    Of 57 participants (mean age ± SD = 66.6 ± 7.2 years; female = 52.6%), 38.6% (n = 22) had MCI-level functional impairment and 17.5% (n = 10) had dementia-level functional impairment.

  7. Instrumental activities of daily living in older adults with epilepsy: A cross-sectional and longitudinal multicenter study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Epilepsia 2026-09-07 Risk factors

    Multivariable Firth penalized logistic regression identified factors associated with baseline functional impairment.

  8. A Precision Aging Approach to Cognitive Aging: Clustering Multiple Domains of Risk

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. medRxiv (preprint) 2026-08-21 How common it is

    The term Precision Aging describes an approach that focuses on multi-domain profiles of risks impacting individual trajectories of age-related cognitive functioning.

  9. Predicting Subjective Cognitive Decline on Future BRFSS Survey Years: An Open Multi-Language Machine Learning Benchmark

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. medRxiv (preprint) 2026-08-21 Prevention and risk

    Respondents who reported no difficulty deciding (DECIDE = 2) had substantially lower odds of SCD than those who reported difficulty (DECIDE = 1; aOR approximately 0.13; FDR < 0.05).

  10. At baseline, the mean MNA score was 22.5 ± 2.3.

  11. Adoption of Medicare's Cognitive Assessment and Care Plan Services Benefit: People, Plans, Payment, and Providers

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 35 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2026-07-29 Health systems and care delivery

    Through 2022, 5% of fee-for-service beneficiaries with dementia received CACP compared to 3% of MA beneficiaries (p < 0.001).

  12. These findings extend the evidence base for multidomain lifestyle interventions to populations historically under-represented in dementia research, supporting their feasibility and scalability as strategies to reduce cognitive decline risk amid the rapidly growing burden of dementia in low-income and middle-income countries.

  13. On average, participants were aged 63 years and had 16 years of education.

  14. Associations among cognitive performance, VCAM-1, and GFAP in black adults: The ARCHES study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 49 out of 100. Neurobiology of Aging 2026-07-07 Risk factors

    Astrocytic injury and endothelial activation are interconnected processes within the neurovascular system that may contribute to variability in cognitive performance among cognitively unimpaired adults.

  15. Loneliness Moderates the Association between Neighborhood Disadvantage and Cognitive Function Among Older Adults

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Delaware Journal of Public Health 2026-07-01 Risk factors

    Loneliness moderated the relationship between national ADI scores and short-term visuospatial memory.

  16. Lifestyle Interventions for Cognitive Decline and Dementia Prevention: A Network Meta-analysis (P9-13.014)

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 32 out of 100. Neurology 2026-06-09 Prevention trials

    To compare and rank the relative and additive effects of lifestyle components including exercise, diet, cognitive training, vascular management, and digital delivery on cognitive outcomes and dementia prevention in older adults without dementia.

  17. Socioeconomic disparities and nutritional aging: how food insecurity and financial hardship accelerate health decline in older adults

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Frontiers in Nutrition 2026-06-08 Risk factors

    This narrative review examines how socioeconomic disparities accelerate health decline in older adults.

  18. Brain Imaging Biomarkers and Cognitive Outcomes in a Multidomain Lifestyle Intervention: The POINTER Imaging Ancillary Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 65 out of 100. JAMA Neurology 2026-06-01 Prevention and risk

    This study found that a high-intensity multidomain lifestyle intervention did not affect brain biomarker trajectories and was not associated with Aβ pathology, but older adults with specific at-risk brain characteristics, including lower baseline HC volume, showed a greater cognitive benefit of the structured intervention.

  19. APPLE-Tree has a high probability of being cost-effective for a 1-point NTB gain, a difference previously associated with a three-fold reduction in 5-year dementia risk.

  20. Effect of a Multicomponent Program on the Prevention of Cognitive Decline and Dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 35 out of 100. European Psychiatry 2026-06-01 Prevention trials

    The program was effective, as evidenced by the multidimensional health gains achieved.

  21. From Hearing Aid Uptake to Hearing Aid Effectiveness: Rethinking Dementia Risk Reduction in Adults With Hearing Loss

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Sensory Neuroscience 2026-06-01 Prevention and risk

    Hearing aid use was associated with a modestly lower risk of probable dementia overall (Hazard Ratios, HR, 0.91), but the association was confined to participants reporting improvements in hearing (HR 0.86), with no apparent benefit among those reporting poor improvement in hearing (HR 0.98).

  22. Neighborhood disadvantage and cognitive function in older adults: The moderating role of young adult general cognitive ability

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Health & Place 2026-05-31 Risk factors

    Neighborhood disadvantage in later life is associated with poorer cognition and increased vulnerability to dementia.

  23. Young adult urbanicity, late midlife neighborhood disadvantage, and cognitive functioning in community-dwelling older men

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 35 out of 100. The Journals of Gerontology Series B 2026-05-20 Risk factors

    Compared to those in rural areas, participants who resided in urban areas during young adulthood had lower late midlife ADI (β = -0.85, p < .05), and better executive function (β = 0.19), processing speed (β = 0.24), and verbal fluency (β = 0.30) (ps < .05) in older adulthood.

  24. Spatial heterogeneity and influencing factors of cognitive impairment among elderly hypertensive patients: evidence from rural communities in China

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. BMC Geriatrics 2026-05-18 Risk factors

    Central-northern rural communities exhibited the most pronounced high-high spatial clustering of cognitive impairment (Global Moran's I = 0.17, p < 0.001).

  25. MIND diet moderates the associations between cerebrovascular and neurodegenerative disease burden and cognition

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Frontiers in Nutrition 2026-05-13 Prevention trials

    The MIND diet may buffer the cognitive consequences of cerebrovascular pathology and cortical atrophy in older adults at elevated dementia risk and promote cognitive resilience over general healthy eating guidelines.

  26. Non-economic social deprivation and cognitive functioning later in life: Results from the DELCODE study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease 2026-05-11 Risk factors

    Our findings suggest that non-economic social deprivation, especially in terms of access to a grocery store, pharmacy, postal office, and bus stop, might be relevant for maintaining cognitive functioning in old age.

  27. A randomised controlled trial of physical activity and cognitive training in older adults: the PhABHeaD study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 58 out of 100. Trials 2026-05-07 Prevention trials

    If a substantial synergetic effect is detected, it may lead to the use of more widespread concurrent physical and cognitive training and the potential development of methods to make concurrent training practical.

  28. How effective is cognitive training as a preventive intervention for cognitive decline in individuals at risk of Alzheimer's disease?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) 2026-05-06 Prevention trials

    Cognitive training appears effective in improving cognitive functions and delaying cognitive decline in people at risk of Alzheimer's disease but requires more standardized research for conclusive evidence.

  29. How effective is cognitive training as a preventive intervention for cognitive decline in individuals at risk of Alzheimer's disease?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 28 out of 100. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) 2026-05-06 Prevention trials

    Cognitive training appears effective in improving cognitive functions and delaying cognitive decline in people at risk of Alzheimer's disease but requires more standardized research for conclusive evidence.

  30. What is the effectiveness of cognitive training in preventing cognitive decline in individuals at risk for Alzheimer's disease?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) 2026-05-06 Prevention trials

    Cognitive training shows potential in preventing cognitive decline in individuals at risk for Alzheimer's disease, especially as part of multimodal interventions, though current evidence varies in quality and clarity.

  31. What is the effectiveness of cognitive training in preventing cognitive decline in individuals at risk for Alzheimer's disease?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 28 out of 100. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) 2026-05-06 Prevention trials

    Cognitive training shows potential in preventing cognitive decline in individuals at risk for Alzheimer's disease, especially as part of multimodal interventions, though current evidence varies in quality and clarity.

  32. What is the evidence for cognitive training in preventing cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) 2026-05-06 Prevention trials

    The evidence for cognitive training in preventing cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease is varied, with some studies indicating cognitive benefits but showing limited impact on functional outcomes or disease progression.

  33. What is the evidence for cognitive training in preventing cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 28 out of 100. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) 2026-05-06 Prevention trials

    The evidence for cognitive training in preventing cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease is varied, with some studies indicating cognitive benefits but showing limited impact on functional outcomes or disease progression.

  34. Does inflammatory bowel disease play a role in cognitive decline? A systematic review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 49 out of 100. Journal of Crohn's & colitis 2026-05-01 Inflammation and the immune system

    IBD is associated with CI and increased dementia risk, with biologics potentially mitigating neuroinflammation-related decline.

  35. Effects of Exercise and Intensive Vascular Risk Reduction on Cognitive Function in Older Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. JAMA neurology 2026-05-01 Treatments

    In this multicenter randomized clinical trial among older adults with family history of dementia and/or self-reported subjective cognitive decline, exercise, IRVR, or both did not result in statistically significant differences in improvements in cognitive function over 24 months.

  36. Adherence to the Mediterranean diet, inflammatory biomarkers and cognitive status in older Italian adults

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Frontiers in Nutrition 2026-04-29 Prevention trials

    MCI patients showed significantly reduced plasma levels of TGF-β1 and increased TNF-α concentrations compared to other participants.

  37. Association of the Mediterranean Diet With White Matter Integrity Among Hispanic or Latino Adults

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Neurology 2026-04-21 Prevention trials

    A total of 2,642 participants with a mean age of 64.3 years (95% CI 63.4-65.1, 44% male) were included.

  38. Beneficial Effects of Olive Oil and the Mediterranean Diet on Alzheimer’s Disease and Vascular Dementia: A Review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Medicina 2026-04-04 Prevention trials

    This diet has been shown to improve cognitive function in patients with mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimer’s disease, vascular cognitive impairment, and vascular dementia.

  39. Weight loss and metabolic improvements dominate the microbiome response in the MIND diet intervention: a randomized controlled trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia Translational Research & Clinical Interventions 2026-04-01 Prevention trials

    Both groups exhibited significant, transient microbiome remodeling at Year 1 (the period of most active weight loss).

  40. Effects of a Mediterranean Diet-Based Program on Cognitive Decline: Non-Blinded Non-Randomized Controlled Trial of the CESPORT Program

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. Nutrients 2026-03-27 Prevention trials

    After adjusting for baseline scores via ANCOVA, the experimental group demonstrated significantly higher post-intervention outcomes compared to the control group (p < 0.001).

  41. Experiences and coping strategies of community-dwelling middle-aged and older adults with physio-cognitive decline syndrome: A qualitative study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Geriatric Nursing 2026-03-27 Prevention trials

    Participant experiences and perceptions formed three themes: (1) aging accelerates PCDS progression, (2) PCDS threatening daily life, and (3) adapting to changes.

  42. Association of the Big Five personality traits with cognitive decline: a 24-week multidomain intervention study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 56 out of 100. Frontiers in Psychiatry 2026-03-19 Prevention trials

    Among the five personality domains, only extraversion was significantly associated with reduced odds of cognitive decline within the intervention group over 24 weeks (fully adjusted model: OR = 0.35; 95% CI: 0.15-0.82).

  43. Combining aerobic exercise with cognitive training improves clinical outcomes in older adults with MCI and may influence stress-related neurobiological pathways.

  44. The Efficacy of Cognitive Training Programs in Slowing Cognitive Decline in Alzheimer's Patients

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 28 out of 100. University of Michigan Undergraduate Research Journal 2026-03-16 Prevention trials

    Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative condition that gradually impairs cognitive abilities such as memory, attention, and problem-solving, leading to significant challenges in everyday functioning and a decline in quality of life.

  45. APOE ε4 and Accelerated Cognitive Decline Among Cognitively Healthy Middle-Aged and Older Adults

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 58 out of 100. JAMA Network Open 2026-03-06 Genetics

    Among 4392 participants (mean [SD] age, 68.2 [7.8] years; 2359 [53.7%] women), 723 (16.5%) were APOE ε4 heterozygotes and 33 (0.8%) were APOE ε4 homozygotes.

  46. APOE ε4 and Cognition Among Middle-Aged and Older East Asian Adults

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. JAMA Network Open 2026-03-06 Genetics

    In their study, Chen et al 1 examined the association between apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotype and longitudinal cognitive trajectories among middle-aged and older East Asian adults participating in the Healthy Aging Longitudinal Study of Taiwan (HALST).Although sporadic late-onset Alzheimer disease (AD) is polygenic, APOE remains the strongest genetic determinant of AD risk, with carriers of the APOE ε4 allele having increased odds of developing AD dementia in a dose-dependent manner compared with APOE ε3 homozygotes.

  47. Baseline predictors of neurophysiological response to combined physical and cognitive training in older adults with subjective cognitive decline

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. BMC Geriatrics 2026-03-04 Prevention trials

    Regression analysis indicated that APOE ε4 non-carriers showed significantly greater improvement in MMN amplitude (β = ‒0.449, p = 0.027).

  48. Cognitive training in neurological disorders: meta-analytic evidence for behavioral gains and neural correlates

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. Behavioral and Brain Functions 2026-03-02 Prevention trials

    Cognitive training produced a significant, moderate improvement in cognitive task performance (Hedges’ g = 0.451, 95% CI 0.207–0.696; p < .001).

  49. Eye‐Tracking‐Based Cognitive Assessment Predicts the Risk of Memory Decline: A Community‐Based Cohort Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 56 out of 100. Geriatrics and gerontology international/Geriatrics & gerontology international 2026-03-01 Getting a diagnosis

    Approximately half (54.5%, 35/55) of participants showed a decline in RBMT scores during the 2-year follow-up and were defined as the memory decline group.

  50. Impact of annual wellness visits on preventing falls and fractures for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias older adults

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Age and Ageing 2026-03-01 Clinical safety

    AWVs were associated with reduced risks for falls (HR: 0.976 for 2 AWVs; 0.936 for ≥3 AWVs) and fractures (HR: 0.978 for 1 AWV; 0.960 for 2 AWVs; 0.927 for ≥3 AWVs), with greater reductions observed with more AVWs.

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