alzheimer's

In a study consisting of more than 180,000 male veterans aged 55 and older, those diagnosed with PTSD had nearly 2-fold the risk of developing dementia syndromes such as Alzheimer disease, frontotemporal dementia, Lewy Body dementia, vascular dementia, and senile dementia compared to those...

https://www.sciencealert.com/common-sleeping-pill-may-reduce-the-build-up-of-alzheimers-proteins-study-finds

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/how-varicella-and-herpes-viruses-may-interact-to-trigger-alzheimers#A-new-way-to-prevent-Alzheimers?

Story at a glance A new survey found 82 percent of women do not know they are at increased risk for Alzheimer’s disease. That’s despite the fact women make up nearly two-thirds of cases in the U.S. According to the survey, 73 percent of women have not talked about their brain health with a...

Interesting meta study... https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/giant-study-finds-viagra-is-linked-to-almost-70-lower-risk-of-alzheimer-s/ar-AARwNtm?ocid=entnewsntp

Longitudinal Association of Total Tau Concentrations and Physical Activity With Cognitive Decline in a Population Sample Pankaja Desai, PhD1; Denis Evans, MD1; Klodian Dhana, MD, PhD1; et al Neelum T. Aggarwal, MD2,3; Robert S. Wilson, PhD2; Elizabeth McAninch, MD1; Kumar B. Rajan, PhD1,4...

"Any side effects? In two clinical trials, about 40% of clinical trial patients who got the approved dose of Aduhelm developed painful brain swelling. Symptoms included headache, dizziness, visual disturbances, nausea, and vomiting; about 17% to 18% of patients had microhemorrhages, or small...

Men taking androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for prostate cancer were almost twice as likely to be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in the years that followed than those who didn’t undergo the therapy, an analysis of medical records from two large hospital systems by Penn Medicine and...

Mol Neurobiol. 2015 Jul 8. [Epub ahead of print] Low Testosterone Level and Risk of Alzheimer's Disease in the Elderly Men: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Lv W1, Du N, Liu Y, Fan X, Wang Y, Jia X, Hou X, Wang B. Abstract Sex steroids can positively affect the brain function, and low...