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Newest in this topic

  1. Public awareness of the hearing loss-dementia link and self-reported behavioral changes in middle- to older-aged Canadians 2026-09-26
  2. Patterns of modifiable lifestyle, behavioural and health-related risk factors and their associations with incident dementia in UK Biobank 2026-09-25
  3. Excess hypoglycaemia-related hospitalisation in older adults with comorbid type 2 diabetes and dementia: a UK Biobank cohort study 2026-09-16

Studies

1,139 studies carry this tag.

Date range

1978 to 2026

Top journals

  • Neurology 134
  • Alzheimer s & Dementia 52
  • Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 33
  • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 32
  • JAMA neurology 27

362 journals in all.

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  1. Extreme Heat and Hospitalization Among Older Persons With Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. JAMA Internal Medicine 2025-02-03 Risk factors

    The sample included 3 329 977 beneficiaries (2 126 290 [63.9%] female, 33 887 [1.0%] Asian, 354 771 [10.7%] Black, 61 515 [1.8%] Hispanic, 2 831 391 [85.0%] White, and 891 815 [26.8%] dual eligible for Medicaid).

  2. Associations of Frailty Status and Sleep Quality With Incident Delirium: A Prospective Study in the UK Biobank

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics 2025-02-01 Long-term cohort studies

    During a median follow-up of 13.8 years, 6554 (1.9%) cases of incident delirium were documented.

  3. Associations of Mid‐ and Late‐Life Fasting Blood Glucose Levels With Dementia Risk Among Patients With Diabetes: Framingham Heart Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. European Journal of Neurology 2025-02-01 Long-term cohort studies

    Higher FBG level at midlife was not associated with an increased risk of dementia.

  4. Bidirectional relationship between epigenetic age and stroke, dementia, and late-life depression

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Nature Communications 2025-02-01 Brain tissue and pathology

    Chronological age is an imperfect estimate of molecular aging.

  5. Loneliness and social isolation correlate with multiple modifiable risk factors for chronic diseases including dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Journal of Public Health 2025-02-01 Risk factors

    The direct associations identified may present potential intervention targets, while the indirect relationships suggest that other factors are influential in the pathway linking social isolation and loneliness with chronic disease and dementia.

  6. Physical and mental demands of work associated with dementia risk in later life

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer s Disease 2025-02-01 Disparities

    Over a follow-up period of 6.2 years, 513 participants were diagnosed with dementia.

  7. Risk factors of dementia in a cohort of individuals with mild cognitive impairment in the Italian Interceptor project

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. European Journal of Neurology 2025-02-01 How common it is

    From 356 participants, 104 were MCI-C, whereas 252 were MCI-NC.

  8. The Dementia SomaSignal Test (dSST): A plasma proteomic predictor of 20‐year dementia risk

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2025-02-01 How common it is

    In addition to outperforming existing plasma biomarkers, the dSST predicted mid-life dementia risk over a 20-year follow-up across two independent cohorts with different ethnic backgrounds (areas under the curve [AUCs]: dSST 0.68-0.70, dSST+age 0.75-0.81).

  9. In both the mortality and readmission cohorts we found significant associations with each pollutant.

  10. Ambient air pollution and Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias: a global study between 1990 and 2019

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. BMC Public Health 2025-01-29 Long-term cohort studies

    Emerging research found air pollution may be associated with incident Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and other dementias.

  11. Environmental risk factors for all-cause dementia, Alzheimer's disease dementia, vascular dementia, and mild cognitive impairment: An umbrella review and meta-analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 72 out of 100. Environmental Research 2025-01-29 Risk factors

    A total of 19 reviews containing 37 meta-analyses were included umbrella review.

  12. Associations of early-onset coronary heart disease and genetic susceptibility with incident dementia and white matter hyperintensity: A prospective cohort study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer s Disease 2025-01-23 Vascular contributions

    =0.002). Early-onset CHD and genetic susceptibility are associated with a higher risk of incident dementia and a larger WMH volume.

  13. The effect of sleep disturbances on the incidence of dementia for varying lag times

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer s Disease 2025-01-23 How common it is

    Of 2,218 participants, 237 (11%) developed dementia in the period 1992/3 to 2015/6.

  14. Estimation of Machine Learning–Based Models to Predict Dementia Risk in Patients With Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Diseases: UK Biobank Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. JMIR Aging 2025-01-20 Digital health tools

    The findings of this study suggest that predictive modeling could inform patients and clinicians about ASCVD at risk for dementia.

  15. Timing of risk factors, prodromal features, and comorbidities of dementia from a large health claims case–control study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. Alzheimer s Research & Therapy 2025-01-16 Risk factors

    We identified a total of 1,686,759 patients with incident dementia (mean (SD) age, 82.15 (6.90) years; 61.70% female) and 3,373,518 matched controls (mean (SD) age, 82.15 (6.90) years; 61.70% female).

  16. Association between air pollution and lifestyle with the risk of developing mild cognitive impairment and dementia in individuals with cardiometabolic diseases

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Scientific Reports 2025-01-15 Prevention and risk

    Lifestyle factors and ambient air pollution are linked to dementia and CMDs, yet few studies have investigated their impact on dementia risk in CMDs patients at the same time.

  17. Associations of modifiable dementia risk factors with dementia and cognitive decline: evidence from three prospective cohorts

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. Frontiers in Public Health 2025-01-15 Prevention and risk

    Among the 11 risk factors, educational attainment has the greatest impact on dementia risk and cognitive decline.

  18. Long-Term Intake of Red Meat in Relation to Dementia Risk and Cognitive Function in US Adults

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. Neurology 2025-01-15 Prevention and risk

    = 0.04). Replacing 1 serving per day of nuts and legumes for processed red meat was associated with a 19% lower risk of dementia (HR 0.81, 95% CI 0.75-0.86), 1.37 fewer years of cognitive aging (95% CI -2.49 to -0.25), and a 21% lower risk of SCD (RR 0.79, 95% CI 0.68-0.92).

  19. Mediterranean diet and dementia: MRI marker evidence from meta-analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 64 out of 100. European journal of medical research 2025-01-15 Prevention and risk

    A total of 20 relevant studies involving 44,893 individuals were included in the analysis.

  20. Cardiometabolic Multimorbidity and Dementia Onset Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults: Differences by Race/Ethnicity

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. The Journals of Gerontology Series A 2025-01-14 Disparities

    Over a mean follow-up of 14.6 years, 7.7% of the participants (n = 614) developed dementia.

  21. Modifiable risk factors for early- and late-onset dementia using the Korean national health insurance service database

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer s Disease 2025-01-14 Risk factors

    Higher socioeconomic status and increased frequency of physical activity were associated with a lower risk of both EOD and LOD.

  22. Lifetime risk and projected burden of dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 85 out of 100. Nature Medicine 2025-01-13 How common it is

    Understanding the lifetime risk of dementia can inform public health planning and improve patient engagement in prevention.

  23. Association Between Chewing Capacity and Mortality Risk: The Role of Diet and Ageing

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Journal Of Clinical Periodontology 2025-01-12 Prevention and risk

    Participants with more FTUs were found to have a slower biological ageing process.

  24. Digital Isolation and Dementia Risk in Older Adults: Longitudinal Cohort Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Journal of Medical Internet Research 2025-01-12 How common it is

    The moderate to high isolation group demonstrated a significantly elevated risk of dementia compared with the low isolation group.

  25. Bariatric Surgery Is Associated With Reduced Incidence of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias: A Retrospective Cohort Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Annals of Surgery Open 2025-01-10 How common it is

    Bariatric surgery was associated with a significantly reduced incidence of ADRD, evidenced by a subdistribution hazard ratio (SHR) of 0.37 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.15–0.89; P = 0.03).

  26. Assessment of heart rate deceleration capacity, heart rate deceleration runs, heart rate acceleration capacity, and lipoprotein-related phospholipase A2 as predictors in individuals with dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 35 out of 100. Frontiers in Neurology 2025-01-09 Cognitive tests and assessment

    Our studies showed that DC and DRs in VD and AD groups were significantly lower than those in controls, while AC values were significantly higher.

  27. Early‐Life Adversity Predicts Markers of Aging‐Related Neuroinflammation, Neurodegeneration, and Cognitive Impairment in Women

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Annals of Neurology 2025-01-09 Inflammation and the immune system

    Analyses revealed significant nonlinear interaction effects of ELS severity and age on NfL and GFAP serum concentrations, total and subcortical gray matter volume loss, increased third ventricular volume, and cognitive impairment.

  28. Ultra-processed food consumption and risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease: The Framingham Heart Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer s Disease 2025-01-09 Prevention and risk

    The study sample included 1,375 participants free of dementia and stroke at baseline (mean age 68 ± 6y, 54 % females).

  29. Association of Metformin use with risk of dementia in patients with type 2 diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 64 out of 100. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism 2025-01-08 Prevention and risk

    Metformin might correlate with a lower dementia incidence in people with T2DM.

  30. Dementia incidence among a cohort of lebanese older adults: first incidence estimates from the Middle East and North Africa region

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Frontiers in Dementia 2025-01-07 How common it is

    After 3.5 years of follow up, 19 new cases of dementia were identified among 229 surviving participants.

  31. Daily-life walking speed, running duration and bedtime from wrist-worn sensors predict incident dementia: A watch walk – UK biobank study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 60 out of 100. International Psychogeriatrics 2025-01-06 Long-term cohort studies

    Median follow-up was 7.5 years (interquartile range: 7.0 to 9.0 years), during this time 387 participants (0.8 %) were diagnosed with dementia.

  32. Association between use of sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitor and the risk of incident dementia: a population-based cohort study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 49 out of 100. BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care 2025-01-01 How common it is

    Among a cohort of 118 006 individuals, the incident rate (IR) of dementia was 0.56/1000 person-years over a median follow-up period of 1.54 years among SGLT-2i users compared with 2.67/1000 person-years in DPP-4i users, over a median follow-up period of 1.79 years.

  33. Burden and risk factors of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias in Vietnam from 1990 to 2021 – A comprehensive analysis from global burden disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Cerebral Circulation - Cognition and Behavior 2025-01-01 Risk factors

    In 2021, the ASRs for AD and other dementias incidence and prevalence in Vietnam were 110.09 (95 % UI: 96.21-126.57) and 649.42 (95 % UI: 556.89-744.39) per 100,000 persons which were comparable to those in the Southeast Asia region and globally, with the burden predominantly observed in individuals aged 65 and older.

  34. Excessive sleep is associated with worse cognition, cognitive decline, and dementia in mild cognitive impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia Diagnosis Assessment & Disease Monitoring 2025-01-01 Risk factors

    Of 4930 participants, 2052 (41%) had MCI.

  35. Loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic: A potential risk factor for post-pandemic cognitive decline in older adults without dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 35 out of 100. Dementia & Neuropsychologia 2025-01-01 Risk factors

    A total of eight studies were included from 1,384 search results, reviewing data from 10,449 cognitively unimpaired older adults.

  36. Modifiable risk factors and symptom progression in dementia over up to 8 years—Results of the DelpHi‐MV trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia Diagnosis Assessment & Disease Monitoring 2025-01-01 Risk factors

    Higher education was associated with higher initial cognitive status but faster decline.

  37. Review of Associations of Diabetes and Insulin Resistance With Brain Health in Three Harmonised Cohort Studies of Ageing and Dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 49 out of 100. Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews 2025-01-01 Disparities

    Examining the risk of clinically diagnosed dementia in older adults, our study found a 65% increased risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD) dementia in individuals with diabetes compared with those without.

  38. Risk factors and gender disparity of cognitive impairment among cancer and neurological diseases regarding rural West Texas

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 29 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease Reports 2025-01-01 Disparities

    Individuals aged 70 and above experiencing memory loss in Cochran and Parmer Counties had a statistically significant association with cognitive impairment (p < 0.001).

  39. Risk Factors for Oropharyngeal Dysphagia in Older Adults - Evidence from Consorci Sanitari Del Maresme and Mataró University Hospital, Catalonia, Spain

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Aging and Disease 2025-01-01 Clinical safety

    Oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD) is a highly prevalent geriatric syndrome that remains underdiagnosed and undertreated, often resulting in severe nutritional and respiratory complications with poor clinical outcomes.

  40. Rural-urban differences in modifiable dementia risk factors among U.S. populations aged 45 years or older

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease Reports 2025-01-01 Disparities

    The study population consisted of 16,981 individuals (mean age: 62.4, 51.6% female, 68.7% non-Hispanic White, 15.5% in rural areas).

  41. Sleepiness, sleep time, and depression of caregivers are linked with sleep and behaviors of their paired partners with dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 34 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease Reports 2025-01-01 Getting a diagnosis

    Mean activity from actigraphy did not differ within dyad members.

  42. The lifetime accumulation of multimorbidity and its influence on dementia risk: a UK Biobank study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Brain Communications 2025-01-01 Long-term cohort studies

    The number of people living with dementia worldwide is projected to reach 150 million by 2050, making prevention a crucial priority for health services.

  43. Unraveling Homocysteine's Role in Dementia: No Specific Association with Alzheimer's Disease, but a Connection to White Matter Hyperintensities

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Aging and Disease 2025-01-01 Vascular contributions

    Hyperhomocysteinemia (HHcy) is an established risk factor for cognitive impairment.

  44. Unraveling the role of proteins in dementia: insights from two UK cohorts with causal evidence

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 61 out of 100. Brain Communications 2025-01-01 How common it is

    NEFL (hazard ratio [HR] [95% confidence intervals (CIs)]: 1.54 [1.29, 1.84]) and RPS6KB1 (HR [95% CI]: 1.33 [1.16, 1.52]) were robustly associated with incident all-cause dementia; MMP12 (HR [95% CI]: 2.06 [1.41, 2.99]) was associated with vascular dementia in ELSA, after correcting for multiple testing.

  45. Education, smoking, diabetes, depression, physical activity and social isolation were associated with a 1.13-1.55 times increased risk of dementia.

  46. Anti-diabetic agents and the risks of dementia in patients with type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of observational studies and randomized controlled trials

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 65 out of 100. Alzheimer's Research & Therapy 2024-12-23 Prevention and risk

    Compared with non-users, SGLT-2i, GLP-1RA, TZD and metformin were associated with the reduced risk of dementia in patients with T2D. SGLT-2i, and GLP-1RA may serve as the optimal choice to improve the cognitive prognosis in patients with T2D.

  47. Traumatic Brain Injury and Risk of Incident Comorbidities

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. JAMA Network Open 2024-12-12 Risk factors

    The study consisted of 20 400 patients (9264 female [45.4%]; 1576 Black [7.7%], 3944 Latinx [19.3%], and 10 480 White [51.4%]), including 5100 patients with mTBI (median [IQR] age, 36.0 [25.0-51.0] years), 5100 patients with msTBI (median [IQR age, 35.0 [25.0-52.0] years), and 10 200 matched patients in the control group (median [IQR] age, 36.0 [25.0-51.0] years).

  48. Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementias prevalence higher in Appalachian counties within Central Appalachia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2024-12-01 Risk factors

    There is a consistent difference between Appalachian and non‐Appalachian counties, with Appalachian counties having relatively higher ADRD prevalence (in the range of 2.0‐3.0% times higher) than non‐Appalachian counties.

  49. SDOH are potentially modifiable factors, therefore, a deeper understanding of their effects on ADRD can inform future interventions aimed at reducing ADRD prevalence and disparities.

  50. LOWER COMMUNITY LIVABILITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGHER DEMENTIA PREVALENCE AMONG WOMEN IN SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTIES

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Innovation in Aging 2024-12-01 Risk factors

    In adjusted analyses, low vs. high livability was associated with higher dementia prevalence (B=0.38; p-value=0.31).

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