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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.

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  1. The intervention was feasible and acceptable with the intended number of participants completing the study.

  2. Metabolic Syndrome and the Risk of Alzheimer's Disease: A Meta-Analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 89 out of 100. Metabolic syndrome and related disorders 2024-11-19 Risk factors

    Six prospective cohort studies with seven datasets, including 484,994 participants and a follow-up of 3.5 to 13.0 years, were included.

  3. ATN blood biomarkers are related to digital cognitive assessment in type 1 diabetes

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2024-10-23 Cognitive tests and assessment

    Higher concentrations of pTau181 and GFAP were associated with slower responses on working memory tasks (pTau181: β = 0.261; p = 0.007; GFAP: β = 0.175, p = 0.036), and higher β-amyloid 42/40 ratio was associated with better vocabulary (β = 0.260, p = 0.009).

  4. Mediterranean Diet and Lifestyle in Persons with Mild to Moderate Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Nutrients 2024-10-09 Prevention and risk

    Due to the continuous aging of the population and consequent increase in dementia, focus on its prevention is of growing importance for public health.

  5. The Mediterranean Diet: A powerful defense against Alzheimer disease-A comprehensive review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Clinical nutrition ESPEN 2024-09-28 Prevention and risk

    Recent studies have explored the impact of lifestyle, particularly diet, on cognitive decline and Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk.

  6. Lipids, lipoproteins, and apolipoproteins: Associations with cognition and dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Atherosclerosis 2024-09-21 Risk factors

    Due to increasing lifespan and aging populations globally there has been a steep rise in late-life dementia, which is now the second most common cause of death in high-income countries.

  7. MIND Diet Impact on Multiple Sclerosis Patients: Biochemical Changes after Nutritional Intervention

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. International journal of molecular sciences 2024-09-17 Prevention and risk

    There is substantial evidence supporting the neuroprotective effects of the MIND diet in neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. Our aim was to evaluate the impact of a nutritional intervention (NI) with this diet on multiple sclerosis (MS) patients.

  8. Navigating Prevention: A Systematic Review of Strategies for Alzheimer's Disease in High-Risk and Affected Individuals

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Cureus 2024-08-01 Prevention and risk

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) remains a widespread cause of dementia globally, and its prevalence is increasing due to the aging population.

  9. Associations of sugar intake, high-sugar dietary pattern, and the risk of dementia: a prospective cohort study of 210,832 participants

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 77 out of 100. BMC medicine 2024-07-18 Prevention and risk

    Increased absolute sugar intake (g/day) was significantly associated with a higher risk of all-cause dementia (HR = 1.003, [95%CI: 1.002-1.004], p < 0.001) and Alzheimer's disease (1.002, [1.001-1.004], 0.005).

  10. We searched 122 studies, of which 90 were included in our analysis.

  11. Dementia and metabolic syndrome: a bibliometric analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Frontiers in aging neuroscience 2024-06-12 Risk factors

    A total of 717 articles were identified, showing an upward trend in annual publications.

  12. Hippocampal neurogenesis (HN) occurs throughout the life course and is important for memory and mood.

  13. Metformin mitigates dementia risk among individuals with type 2 diabetes

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. Clinical diabetes and endocrinology 2024-05-10 Drug development

    This mini-narrative review explores the relationship between diabetes and dementia, focusing on the potential mitigating role of metformin in reducing cognitive decline among individuals with type 2 diabetes.

  14. Dietary factors and Alzheimer's disease risk: a Mendelian randomization study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. European journal of medical research 2024-05-02 Genetics

    The MR analysis conducted in this study found no statistically significant causal association between 20 dietary habits and the risk of AD (All p > 0.05).

  15. Atrial Fibrillation and Dementia: Pathophysiological Mechanisms and Clinical Implications

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. Biomolecules 2024-04-08 Risk factors

    Numerous longitudinal studies suggest a strong association between cardiovascular risk factors and cognitive impairment.

  16. Metformin in elderly type 2 diabetes mellitus: dose-dependent dementia risk reduction

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Brain : a journal of neurology 2024-04-04 Drug development

    This study aimed to investigate the controversial association between metformin use and diabetes-associated dementia in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and evaluate the potential protective effects of metformin, as well as its intensity of use and dose-dependency, against dementia in this population.

  17. Plasma oxysterols are associated with serum lipids and dementia risk in older women

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2024-04-04 Genetics

    Levels of 24(S)-hydroxycholesterol (24-OHC), 27-hydroxycholesterol (27-OHC), and 24-OHC/27-OHC ratio did not differ by APOE status (p's > 0.05).

  18. Potentially Modifiable Risk Factors for Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment: An Umbrella Review and Meta-Analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 79 out of 100. Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders 2024-02-26 Prevention and risk

    A total of 45 reviews with 212 meta-analyses were synthesized.

  19. Nutrition, Exercise, and Cognitive Rehabilitation for Dementia Prevention

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Juntendo Iji zasshi = Juntendo medical journal 2024-02-16 Prevention and risk

    Dementia is one of the most significant global challenges in medical and social care in the 21st century.

  20. Serum amyloid beta 42 levels correlated with metabolic syndrome and its components

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Frontiers in endocrinology 2024-02-08 Risk factors

    The results showed that log-transformed serum Aβ42 level was positively correlated with BMI (R = 0.29; p < 0.001), log-transformed triglyceride (R = 0.14; p < 0.001), and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) (R = 0.12; p < 0.001) and negatively correlated with high-density lipoprotein (HDL-c) (R = -0.18; p < 0.001).

  21. China Initiative for Multi-Domain Intervention (CHINA-IN-MUDI) to Prevent Cognitive Decline: Study Design and Progress

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 80 out of 100. The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease 2024 Prevention trials

    Screening commenced in July 2022. Currently, 1,965 participants have been randomized into lifestyle intervention (n = 772) and control groups (n = 1,193).

  22. Interaction Between Arteriosclerosis and Amyloid-β on Cognitive Function

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2024 Biomarkers

    Amyloid-β (Aβ)42 and arterial calcification were associated with cognitive performance.

  23. The role of nutrition in the prevention of cognitive decline

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care 2023-11-25 Prevention and risk

    Dementia is a growing concern and underscores the urgent need for effective preventive measures targeting modifiable risk factors.

  24. A randomized placebo-controlled trial of nicotinamide riboside in older adults with mild cognitive impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 79 out of 100. GeroScience 2023-11-23 Genetics

    Nicotinamide riboside (NR) increases blood levels of NAD+, a cofactor central to energy metabolism, and improves brain function in some rodent models of neurodegeneration.

  25. [Alzheimer's disease. Current evidence on the preventive role of nutrition]

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Nutricion hospitalaria 2023-11-22 Prevention and risk

    several dietary components have been positively associated with AD prevention, including intake of complex carbohydrates, fiber, omega-3, plant-based proteins, vitamins (folates, choline, vitamin D, C, B6 and B9), zinc, some bioactive compounds such as flavonols and probiotics.

  26. Diabetes, antidiabetic medications and risk of dementia: A systematic umbrella review and meta-analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 78 out of 100. Diabetes, obesity & metabolism 2023-10-23 Drug development

    Metformin, thiazolidinediones, pioglitazone, GLP1RAs and SGLT2is were associated with reduced risk of dementia.

  27. Metformin, age-related cognitive decline, and brain pathology

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Neurobiology of aging 2023-10-17 Drug development

    The objective of this study was to evaluate the relation of metformin with change in cognition and brain pathology.

  28. Role of diet and exercise in aging, Alzheimer's disease, and other chronic diseases

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Ageing research reviews 2023-10-11 Risk factors

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease, characterized by memory loss and multiple cognitive impairments.

  29. Associations between multimorbidity burden and Alzheimer's pathology in older adults without dementia: the CABLE study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Neurobiology of aging 2023-09-27 Tau biomarkers

    Studies have shown that multimorbidity may be associated with the Alzheimer's disease (AD) stages, but it has not been fully characterized in patients without dementia.

  30. Pathways explaining racial/ethnic and socio-economic disparities in dementia incidence: the UK Biobank study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. Aging 2023-09-25 Disparities

    After ≤15 years, 5,491 all-cause dementia cases were diagnosed.

  31. Prevention of Alzheimer's disease through diet: An exploratory review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Metabolism open 2023-09-21 Prevention and risk

    Mediterranean diet (MD) accurately lowers AD (Alzheimer's Disease) risk to 53% and 35% for people who follow it moderately.

  32. Stroke Prevention

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Delaware journal of public health 2023-08-31 Prevention and risk

    Stroke has three main subtypes - ischemic stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage, and subarachnoid hemorrhage.

  33. Diet and lifestyle impact the development and progression of Alzheimer's dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Frontiers in nutrition 2023-06-29 Prevention and risk

    Dementia is a growing public health concern, with an estimated prevalence of 57 million adults worldwide.

  34. Latin American Initiative for Lifestyle Intervention to Prevent Cognitive Decline (LatAm-FINGERS): Study design and harmonization

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2023-05-19 Prevention trials

    Currently, 1549 participants have been screened, and 815 randomized.

  35. Metabolic syndrome and cognitive deficits in the Greek cohort of Epirus Health Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology 2023-05-10 Risk factors

    Multivariable linear regressions showed an association of metabolic syndrome with lower performance in attention (β=1.62 seconds, 95% CI=0.20, 3.04) and memory (β=-0.62 words, 95% CI=-1.19, -0.05) that could be driven by associations with elevated fasting glucose and abdominal obesity.

  36. Effect of nutrition in Alzheimer's disease: A systematic review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 77 out of 100. Frontiers in neuroscience 2023-05-04 Prevention and risk

    The results show that the western diet pattern is a risk factor for developing AD.

  37. Sex differences in the progression of glucose metabolism dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 62 out of 100. Experimental & molecular medicine 2023-05-01 Biomarkers

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a common neurodegenerative disease characterized by amyloid plaques and impaired brain metabolism.

  38. Pragmatic evaluation of events and benefits of lipid lowering in older adults (PREVENTABLE): Trial design and rationale

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2023-04-20 Digital health tools

    Whether initiation of statins could increase survival free of dementia and disability in adults aged ≥75 years is unknown.

  39. Correlations between Cognitive Evaluation and Metabolic Syndrome

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Metabolites 2023-04-17 Risk factors

    One of the most common medical diseases is metabolic syndrome (MetS), which encompasses diabetes and obesity.

  40. Amygdala activity and amygdala-hippocampus connectivity: Metabolic diseases, dementia, and neuropsychiatric issues

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie 2023-04-01 Risk factors

    With rapid aging of the population worldwide, the number of people with dementia is dramatically increasing.

  41. Associations between dietary patterns and dementia-related neuroimaging markers

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 70 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2023-03-24 Prevention and risk

    A high-protein and alcohol dietary pattern was negatively associated with cortical thickness in the whole brain (Beta: -0.011; 95% confidence interval [CI]: -0.018 to -0.003), and with an Alzheimer's disease cortical thickness signature score (Beta: -0.013; 95% CI: -0.024 to -0.001).

  42. Ubiquitin Is Not a Blood Biomarker of an Early Cognitive Decline in the Polish Elderly

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Current issues in molecular biology 2023-03-16 Biomarkers

    No significant disparities in plasma ubiquitin levels for various levels of cognitive functioning were identified.

  43. Adiposity impacts cognitive function in Asian populations: an epidemiological and Mendelian Randomization study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 60 out of 100. The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific 2023-02-14 Cognitive tests and assessment

    In univariate analysis, all 29 adiposity and metabolic measures assessed were associated with ' g ' at P < 0.05.

  44. Cardiovascular disease, associated risk factors, and risk of dementia: An umbrella review of meta-analyses

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 70 out of 100. Frontiers in epidemiology 2023-02-09 Risk factors

    Twenty-five meta-analyses published between 2007 and 2021 were included.

  45. Cardiovascular Risk Management in Persons with Dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2023 Risk factors

    The number of people living with dementia, such as Alzheimer's disease, is increasing worldwide.

  46. Diet's Role in Modifying Risk of Alzheimer's Disease: History and Present Understanding

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2023 Prevention and risk

    Diet is an important nonpharmacological risk-modifying factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  47. Dietary Components and Nutritional Strategies for Dementia Prevention in the Elderly

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Current Alzheimer research 2023 Prevention and risk

    Polyphenols, folate, vitamin D, omega-3 fatty acids, and β-carotene might decrease the risk of dementia.

  48. Impact of the MIND Diet on Cognition in Individuals with Dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 70 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2023 Prevention and risk

    The search generated 33 papers, which yielded 11 articles after screening.

  49. The Early Stage of Abnormal Aging: Cognitive Impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Advances in experimental medicine and biology 2023 Risk factors

    Cognitive impairment has become an important aspect affecting the health and quality of life of middle-aged and elderly people, which is defined as the difficulty of thought processing and leads to memory loss, difficulties making decisions, the inability to concentrate, and difficulties learning.

  50. Insulin resistance in Alzheimer's disease: The genetics and metabolomics links

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry 2022-12-22 Risk factors

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease with significant socioeconomic burden worldwide.

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