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HSC Medicine, Dentistry and Healthcare Sciences Current Awareness Bulletins: Dementia

Dementia current awareness bulletin

Frequency: Bi-monthly

Links to articles in the current and previous 2 issues of this bulletin are displayed below.

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April 2025

Adherence and intensity in multimodal lifestyle-based interventions for cognitive decline prevention: state-of-the-art and future directions

Brain age mediates gut microbiome dysbiosis-related cognition in older adults

Capacity assessment for euthanasia in dementia: a qualitative study of 60 Dutch cases

Community-based going-out program and dementia onset in Japanese older adults

End-of-life care of persons with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias

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

Home hospitalization in palliative care for advanced cancer and dementia: a systematic review

The impact of kidney function on Alzheimer’s disease blood biomarkers: implications for predicting amyloid-β positivity

Impact of sleep apnea on Alzheimer’s disease in relation to sex: an 8-year longitudinal follow-up study of a nationwide cohort

Lifestyle interventions for dementia risk reduction: a review on the role of physical activity and diet in Western and Asian Countries

“Mr. Smith has no mealtimes”: minimal comfort feeding for patients with advanced dementia

Music‐based therapeutic interventions for people with dementia (updated Cochrane intervention review)

Neuropsychiatric presentations of common dementia syndromes: a concise review for primary care team members

Perivascular space and white matter hyperintensities in Alzheimer’s disease: associations with disease progression and cognitive function

Perspectives on the dementia public health exposome

Retinal optical coherence tomography intensity spatial correlation features as new biomarkers for confirmed Alzheimer’s disease

Sex differences in the association of Alzheimer’s disease biomarkers and cognition in a multicenter memory clinic study

Skilled home healthcare utilization and outcomes for older adults with dementia: a scoping review

Social frailty and its association with cognitive trajectories in older adults: a prospective cohort study

Tooth loss explains income inequalities in dementia

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

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

Sources

Alzheimer's Research & Therapy (Feb-Mar); American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine (Mar); Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics (Mar); Cochrane Library (Feb-Mar); Journal of Dentistry (Feb); Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (Feb-Mar); Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease, The (Feb-Mar); Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (Jan-Feb); Obesity (Feb); Public Health Nursing (Jan/Feb)

February 2025

Association of corneal endothelial cell morphology with neurodegeneration in mild cognitive impairment and dementia

Change of leisure activity participation and associations with cognitive frailty in older adults: a population-based longitudinal study

Cognitive functioning and falls in older people: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Community-based going-out program and dementia onset in Japanese older adults: a longitudinal observational study

Data-driven discovery of associations between prescribed drugs and dementia risk

The effect of social exclusion on the cognitive health of middle-aged and older adults: a systematic review

Effectiveness and utilization of a cognitive screening program for primary geriatric care

Factors associated with cognitive impairment in patients with atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Hospitalization outcomes among older adults living undiagnosed or unaware of dementia

Impact of depression and cardiovascular risk factors on cognitive impairment in patients with atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Informal care for people with dementia in Europe

The impact of hypertension prevention and modification on dementia burden: a systematic review of economic studies

A meta-analytic study of complex exercise interventions for cognitive performance in older adults

Microglial activation states and their implications for Alzheimer's Disease

Novel plasma protein biomarkers: A time-dependent predictive model for Alzheimer's disease

Older US adults’ experiences with and views about cognitive screening and blood biomarker testing for Alzheimer's disease

Physical performance tests for preliminary cognitive screening in older adults: a systematic review of strength, walking, and balance assessments

Point of view: challenges in implementation of new immunotherapies for Alzheimer's disease

The polygenic hazard score mediates the association between plasma neurofilament light chain and brain morphometry in dementia spectrum

Risk of antimuscarinic initiation with cholinesterase inhibitor use in Alzheimer's disease

Statin use and dementia risk: a systematic review and updated meta-analysis

A systematic review and meta-analysis of dual-task outcomes in subjective cognitive decline

Therapeutic implications of necroptosis activation in Alzheimer´s disease

Sources

Alzheimer’s and Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment and Disease Monitoring (Jan-Mar); Alzheimer’s and Dementia: Translational Research and Clinical Interventions (Jan-Mar); Alzheimer's Research & Therapy (Dec-Jan); Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics (Jan-Mar); Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease, The (Jan)

December 2024

Alzheimer's disease drug development in an evolving therapeutic landscape

Apathy and effort-based decision-making in Alzheimer's disease and subjective cognitive impairment

Associations between depression and anxiety in midlife and dementia more than 30 years later

Associations between sex and lifestyle activities with cognitive reserve in mid-life adults with genetic risk for Alzheimer’s disease

Barriers and facilitators to implementation of physical activity programs for individuals with dementia living in aged care homes: a systematic review

Blood biomarkers to detect Alzheimer disease in primary care and secondary care

Changes in Alzheimer disease blood biomarkers and associations with incident all-cause dementia

EEG biomarkers in Alzheimer’s and prodromal Alzheimer’s: a comprehensive analysis of spectral and connectivity features

Effect of exercise detraining in cognitive functions of older adults: a systematic review

Effects of bottom-up versus top-down digital cognitive training in older adults

The effects of different types of exercises on cognition in older persons with mild cognitive impairment

Effects of exercise on brain-derived neurotrophic factor in Alzheimer's disease models

Effects of (pre)frailty and cognitive reserve on mild cognitive impairment among community-dwelling older adults

Exploring easily accessible neurophysiological biomarkers for predicting Alzheimer’s disease progression: a systematic review

Galantamine for dementia due to Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment (updated Cochrane intervention review)

Longitudinal changes in functional capacity in frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's disease

Mild behavioral impairment in the general population aged 55+ and its association with incident dementia

Personalized interactive multimedia systems to support meaningful activities in dementia care

Reading well for dementia – how can reading support people affected by dementia?

Sensory impairments and the risk of cognitive decline and dementia across sex, age, and regions: longitudinal insights from Europe

Technology-based instrumental activities of daily living in persons with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders

Understanding recent advances in non-amyloid/non-tau (NANT) biomarkers and therapeutic targets in Alzheimer's disease

Untangling the complex web of avoidable nursing home‐to‐hospital transfers of residents with dementia

The use of advance directives for autonomy in dementia care

Sources

Alzheimer’s and Dementia (Nov); Alzheimer’s and Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment and Disease Monitoring (Oct-Dec); Alzheimer’s and Dementia: Translational Research and Clinical Interventions (Oct/Dec); Alzheimer's Research and Therapy (Oct-Nov); Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics (Oct-Dec); Cochrane Library (Oct-Nov); FPOP Bulletin: Psychology of Older People (Oct); JAMA (Oct)

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