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Newest in this topic

  1. Interventions for Cognitive Impairment in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: An Umbrella Review of Pharmacological and Lifestyle Strategies, Mechanisms, and Clinical Implications 2026-10-26
  2. Visit-to-Visit Blood Pressure Variability, Glycemic Status and the Risk of Dementia, Stroke, and All-Cause Mortality: A UK Biobank Cohort Study 2026-10-13
  3. Plasma metabolomic profiling of frailty in older adults at risk of dementia 2026-10-08

Studies

304 studies carry this tag.

Date range

1984 to 2026

Top journals

  • Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 21
  • medRxiv 16
  • Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 14
  • Neurology 10
  • Nutrients 10

164 journals in all.

Newest first, then by address. Each study has a usefulness score out of 100 (rubric version 4.0); tap a score to see what makes it up. Tags were assigned automatically from each study's title and summary. The same studies as a filter in the library.

  1. Interventions for Cognitive Impairment in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: An Umbrella Review of Pharmacological and Lifestyle Strategies, Mechanisms, and Clinical Implications

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. medRxiv 2026-10-26 Drug development

    SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP-1 receptor agonists have the greatest effect on cognition in T2DM, and the multi-component exercise as the most effective lifestyle component.

  2. Visit-to-Visit Blood Pressure Variability, Glycemic Status and the Risk of Dementia, Stroke, and All-Cause Mortality: A UK Biobank Cohort Study

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. medRxiv 2026-10-13 Risk factors

    Absolute BPV was associated with mortality, and DBP and MAP variability with overall stroke, after accounting for glycemic status and mean blood pressure.

  3. Plasma metabolomic profiling of frailty in older adults at risk of dementia

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. medRxiv 2026-10-08 Biomarkers

    Frailty index was associated with carboxylic acids and derivatives, fatty acyls and organooxygen compounds across multiple clusters, and a large number of lipids were linked to frailty score, potentially implicating dysregulation of energy metabolism in the pathophysiology of frailty and forming a panel of predictive biomarkers of at risk patients.

  4. Sex differences in genetic liability to modifiable Alzheimer’s disease risk factors

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. medRxiv 2026-10-06 Biomarkers

    Educational attainment and physical activity PRSs were associated with AD in both sexes.

  5. Evaluating Diabetes Drug Targets for Vascular Dementia Prevention Using Drug Target Mendelian Randomisation

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. medRxiv 2026-09-29 Risk factors

    Vascular dementia (VaD) is a leading cause of cognitive decline with no disease-modifying therapies.

  6. Hypertension is associated with better brain health outcomes in older-age asymptomatic carotid disease populations - A Multi-Cohort Study

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. Research Square 2026-09-10 Risk factors

    Hypertension is associated with lower risk of dementia-related outcomes in aECAD patients.

  7. Association Between Combined Multiple Behaviors and Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: A 10-Year Cohort Study

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. Preprints.org 2026-09-09 Risk factors

    Of total 8,321 participants, 24.88% (2,070) developed cognitive impairment during a 10-year follow-up.

  8. Prevalence and influencing factors of cognitive frailty among elderly hypertensive rural community residents of Inner Mongolia, China:A Cross-Sectional Survey

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. Research Square 2026-09-04 Disparities

    This study reports the prevalence of CF among elderly hypertensive residents of a community in Inner Mongolia.

  9. A Study on the Association Between the Course of Heart Failure and Cognitive Function in Older Adults: Based on Data from the 2011–2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. Research Square 2026-09-02 Prevention and risk

    The 2,885 participants had a mean age of 69.5 years.

  10. Chronic Migraine and Alzheimer’s Dementia: A Candidate Mechanistic Route, and the Evidence That Would Test It

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. Preprints.org 2026-08-20 Biomarkers

    The association declines monotonically as control over ascertainment improves.

  11. Repurposing probucol for prevention of dementia: a nationwide cohort study

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. Research Square 2026-08-13 Drug development

    In this nationwide cohort, probucol use was associated with substantially lower dementia risk than statins, supporting evaluation of probucol for repurposing in dementia prevention.

  12. Anthropometric Status, Dietary Diversity, and Diet Quality in Relation to Cognitive Performance in Older Turkish Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 64 out of 100. Journal of clinical medicine 2026-08-12 Prevention and risk

    53.0% of the participants were in the group of possible mild cognitive impairment (MCI).

  13. Effect of glycosylated hemoglobin on cognitive impairment related to White Matter Hyperintensity in non diabetes patients: A retrospective study

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. Research Square 2026-08-12 Cognitive tests and assessment

    HbA1c levels had warning value for cognitive impairment in non diabetes patients with WMH, and a nonlinear correlation exists between HbA1c and WMH-related cognitive impairment.

  14. Differential associations of insulin resistance with anterior hippocampal volume in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. bioRxiv 2026-08-10 Cognitive tests and assessment

    Insulin resistance is increasingly recognized as a metabolic factor associated with Alzheimer’s disease (AD); however, its relevance to hippocampal structural changes—a key pathological feature of AD—across disease stages is not fully understood.

  15. Randomized metformin and cognitive outcomes in the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. medRxiv 2026-08-07 Drug development

    Long-term metformin treatment is associated with a reduced risk of dementia and better memory performance among persons with pre-diabetes or T2D. Longer follow-up with more dementia cases is needed to confirm our findings.

  16. Synergistic Interactions of Midlife Multimorbidity on Dementia: A Stratified Analysis by Neuropsychiatric Subtypes

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. Research Square 2026-07-29 Risk factors

    Specific disease clusters involving diabetes, oral disease, sensory impairment, and osteoporosis were associated with suspected dementia and neuropsychiatric heterogeneity, supporting integrated multimorbidity-oriented screening and care.

  17. We investigated brain, inflammation, cardiometabolic, and gut health changes associated with a six-month multidomain lifestyle intervention in Dutch older adults at risk for cognitive decline and dementia.

  18. Building Cognitive Lines of Defense: A Life-Course Prevention Strategy for Alzheimer's Disease—An Evidence-Based Multi-Stage Intervention Protocol

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. Research Square 2026-07-28 Clinical trials

    AD prevention must transcend the "geriatric disease" mindset.

  19. Comparator supplement patterns qualify the clinical interpretation of an EHR-derived glucosamine signal in Alzheimer’s disease

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. medRxiv 2026-07-27 Prevention and risk

    Electronic health records linked documented glucosamine use to faster progression from mild cognitive impairment (MCI) to Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and poorer survival after dementia.

  20. Bedside screening and assessment tools for sarcopenia, dysphagia and malnutrition in older adults with dementia: a scoping review

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. Research Square 2026-07-25 Prevention trials

    From 12,770 records, 3,636 duplicates were removed and 9,134 titles and abstracts were screened.

  21. Decreased Plasma IGF-1 Is Associated with Cortical Atrophy, But Not Concomitant Cerebrovascular Disease in Alzheimer’s Dementia

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. Preprints.org 2026-07-24 Biomarkers

    Dysregulated insulin signaling in brain has been linked to cognitive impairment and dementia.

  22. Associations of lifestyle factors and genetic risk with risk and rate advancement periods of dementia

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. PsyArXiv 2026-07-23 Prevention and risk

    INTRODUCTIONLittle is understood about the extent to which lifestyle factors can advance or delay the risk of developing dementia, and whether that is dependent on non-modifiable factors, e.g. sex and genetic susceptibility.METHODSAmong 224,516 UK Biobank participants aged ≥50 years at baseline, Cox regression examined the relations of apolipoprotein E gene (APOE) genotypes, and lifestyle with incident dementia.

  23. Curation of Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) Scores in the VA Million Veteran Program (MVP): Applications for Cognitive Aging Research

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. medRxiv 2026-07-16 Disparities

    This study demonstrated MMSE scores can be systematically extracted and curated from the VA EHR.

  24. Exploration of the molecular origins of sex-specific and temporal comorbidity patterns in dementia: insights from the Austrian claims data

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. medRxiv 2026-07-16 Prevention and risk

    Dementia is a progressive condition that impairs cognitive processes such as memory, decision-making, and the ability to manage daily activities.

  25. Multidomain lifestyle interventions for the risk reduction of cognitive impairment and dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. medRxiv 2026-07-15 Prevention trials

    Multidomain interventions have small but consistent beneficial effects on cognitive measures, suggesting the potential to reduce cognitive impairment and dementia risk.

  26. Effect of Intensive vs Standard Blood Pressure Control According to APOE ε4 Genotype: A Secondary Analysis of SPRINT

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. medRxiv 2026-07-06 Disparities

    In SPRINT, intensive vs standard SBP control yielded a significantly larger 4-year absolute risk reduction in dementia among APOE ε4 carriers (−1.7%) than non-carriers (0.2%; P-interaction = .045); the relative-scale interactions were directionally consistent but not significant.

  27. A phase-II randomized controlled pilot study of nicotinamide riboside supplementation in older adults with amnestic mild cognitive impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 84 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2026-07 Clinical trials

    42 participants completed the study (NR = 22, placebo = 20).

  28. Eligible studies reported MACE or dementia outcomes in adults ≥ 50 years for at least one of three intervention classes (RZV, SGLT2i, GLP-1 RA) versus placebo or active comparator, with follow-up ≥ 6 months.

  29. Biopsychosocial risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in UK immigrants from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. medRxiv 2026-05-13 Risk factors

    The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region represents the area of greatest projected growth in instances of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRDs) globally, yet, it remains virtually uncharacterized in health studies of aging and ADRDs.

  30. Multimorbidity and Associations with Cognition and Alzheimer's Disease Biomarkers

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. Annals of neurology 2026-05-04 Biomarkers

    Greater multimorbidity burden was associated with worse cognition and biomarkers of AD (PET amyloid standardized uptake value ratios and positivity, p-tau181, and p-tau217), neurodegeneration (neurofilament light, total tau, cortical thickness, and hippocampal volume), and SVD (white matter hyperintensity volume and presence of lacune and cerebral microbleeds).

  31. Systematic Review of Population-Based Studies of Prevalence and Incidence of Aging-Associated Neurodegenerative Diseases in Russia

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. medRxiv 2026-04-06 Digital health tools

    The prevalence of dementia and Parkinson’s disease in Russia varies widely depending on diagnostic method, age group, and study design.

  32. Linking Modifiable Risk Factors to Vascular and Neurodegenerative Brain Changes

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. GeroScience 2026-03-02 Risk factors

    Findingss: upport multidomain prevention strategies targeting clustered modifiable risks.

  33. Four distinct subtypes were identified: I low-risk healthy aging, II behavioral/social vulnerability, III cardiometabolic–depressive multimorbidity, and IV mixed social-medical vulnerability profiles.

  34. The effects of nicotine on neurocognitive outcomes: evidence from a polygenic risk score analysis

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. medRxiv 2025-12-02 Prevention and risk

    Our findings demonstrate differential effects of nicotine on AD risk and smoking intensity on white matter integrity, requiring triangulation with complementary methodological approaches to better inform potential long-term risks of nicotine intake on neurocognitive outcomes.

  35. Risk reduction and precision prevention across the Alzheimer's disease continuum: a systematic review of clinical trials combining multidomain lifestyle interventions and pharmacological or nutraceutical approaches

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 71 out of 100. The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease 2025-10-27 Prevention trials

    To effectively combat dementia onset and progression, lifestyle-based interventions targeting multiple risk factors and disease mechanisms through a multidomain approach - tailored and implemented early in the disease process - have emerged as promising.

  36. Plasma NfL and cognitive functioning in older adults: The moderating role of HDL cholesterol

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2025-10-14 Biomarkers

    Significant interaction effects were observed: MoCA (β = -1.86×10-4, P = 0.006) and PACC (β = -4.0×10-5, P = 0.004), indicating HDL moderates the negative association between NfL and cognition.

  37. Efficacy of Mediterranean diet for the prevention of neurological diseases: A systematic review and meta-analysis featured in the Italian National Guidelines "La Dieta Mediterranea"

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 79 out of 100. Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.) 2025-10-11 Prevention and risk

    Forty-five studies involving over 730 000 participants were included.

  38. Meta meta-analysis of cardiovascular risk factors in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 71 out of 100. eNeurologicalSci 2025-10-04 Risk factors

    The total effect of cholesterol on risk of AD was significant and heterogeneous.

  39. Validation of a MIND diet screener in older adults

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025-10 Prevention and risk

    MIND diet scores from the screener showed strong positive correlation (r = 0.71, ρ = 0.70, p < 0.001) and comparable ranking ability (63% correctly classified, 1% grossly misclassified, kw = 0.67) compared to those from the FFQ, as well as significant associations with nutrient profiles.

  40. To better characterize the potential biological mechanisms underlying insulin resistance (IR) and dementia, we derive cross-population and population specific polygenic scores [PSs] for fasting insulin and IR-related partitioned PSs [pPSs].

  41. Brain patterns and risk factors in the FINGER RCT multimodal lifestyle intervention

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 80 out of 100. The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease 2025-09-24 Prevention trials

    Clusters with diffuse or frontal-predominant cortical thinning, but with more favourable vascular profiles, characterized by lower blood pressure and reduced obesity, showed significantly less cortical thinning (mean thickness, AD-signature, and resilience-signature regions; all p < 0.05) following the intervention.

  42. Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in neurodegenerative disorders: Mixed designs = mixed results

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Progress in lipid research 2025-09-19 Prevention and risk

    Epidemiological studies consistently show an elevated intake of fish and long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), such as docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), reduces the risk of developing neurodegenerative diseases, particularly dementia and Alzheimer's disease.

  43. Pseudo-dementia caused by metformin-induced vitamin B12 deficiency

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Psychiatria Danubina 2025-09 Drug development

    Metformin is the most widely used oral insulin-sensitizing agent.

  44. The association between the MIND diet and cognitive health in middle-aged and older adults: A systematic review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 71 out of 100. The journal of nutrition, health & aging 2025-07-10 Prevention and risk

    The search over five databases identified 898 articles, with 26 meeting the inclusion criteria.

  45. Dementia in ancient Greece and Rome

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2025-06-23 Risk factors

    We respond to the commentary by Ballenger et al. While appreciating "our provocative article", they called for "a more rigorous historical approach…".

  46. Modifiable risk factors for stroke, dementia and late-life depression: a systematic review and DALY-weighted risk factors for a composite outcome

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 71 out of 100. Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry 2025-05-14 Risk factors

    Our search yielded 182 meta-analyses meeting the inclusion criteria, of which 59 were selected to calculate DALY-weighted risk factors for a composite outcome.

  47. Multisystem failure, tipping points, and risk of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025-05 Risk factors

    Hypertension or diabetes before age 62 exerted greater AD risk than APOEε4 alone.

  48. Opposite causal effects of type 2 diabetes and metformin on Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 61 out of 100. The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease 2025-03-09 Drug development

    Our two-sample MR analysis indicated that T2D is not associated with the risk of AD (OR: 1.03, CI: 0.99-1.08, P = 0.128).

  49. Healthy dietary patterns in relation to cognitive performance and Alzheimer's disease mortality

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease 2025-03-06 Prevention and risk

    A total of 260 AD deaths occurred during a median follow-up of 9.8 years.

  50. The cohort study revealed that persistent HI significantly increased the risk of heart disease (P < 0.001, HR 1.63, 95% CI 1.31-2.03), stroke (P 0.004, HR 1.59, 95% CI 1.16-2.18), chronic lung disease (P 0.002, HR 1.53, 95% CI 1.17-1.99), and emotional, nervous, or psychiatric problems (P 0.016, HR 2.03, 95% CI 1.14-3.60).

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