VAD law experts talk dementia and critical issues at QUT conference
"The QUT Australian Centre for Health Law Research will host the International Conference on Assisted Dying and Other End of Life Care in Brisbane in April."
USC study reveals differences in early Alzheimer’s brain markers across diverse populations
"A team of researchers at the USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC has identified important differences in how early Alzheimer’s disease-related brain changes appear across racial and ethnic groups, underscoring the need for more inclusive approaches to studying and diagnosing the disease. Their findings are now available in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association."
Pre-chemotherapy exercise shows promise in reducing cancer-related fatigue
"A randomized crossover pilot study conducted by researchers at the University of Sherbrooke and the Research Centre on Aging in Quebec, Canada, investigated whether moderate-to-high-intensity aerobic exercise performed the day before chemotherapy could influence cancer-related fatigue and active versus sedentary behaviors in the days following treatment. The study, published in Translational Exercise Biomedicine (ISSN: 2942-6812), an official partner journal of International Federation of Sports Medicine (FIMS), provides preliminary evidence that pre-chemotherapy exercise is safe and may offer modest benefits for fatigue management."
Routine blood pressure readings offer early insights on dementia risk
"Measures of vascular aging could inform preventive steps"
UH researcher disputes claim that multilingualism promotes better brain aging
"Finds that wealth, not languages, may drive healthy brain"
Long dismissed in adult health, the thymus may be critical for longevity and cancer treatment
"Mass General Brigham researchers used artificial intelligence to analyze routine medical scans, uncovering how the thymus impacts aging, cardiovascular risk, cancer incidence, and response to immunotherapy"
Modeling brain aging and resilience over the lifespan reveals new individual factors
"Age is more than just one number. While neuroscientists used to think of cognitive aging as a single trendline, they now realize that vast individual differences require a more predictive and personalized approach. As they uncover more factors that affect cognition over time, they are realizing that modeling the aging brain requires more diverse data than traditionally captured. "
Financial decline linked to faster memory aging in older adults
"Significant worsening in financial well-being tied to memory decline equal to ~5 extra months of aging per year"
COSMOS trial results show daily multivitamin use may slow biological aging
"An analysis led by Mass General Brigham investigators found slower aging in older adults after two years of a daily multivitamin, with greater benefits for those who began the trial with accelerated biological age"
Is your brain aging faster than you are? Sleep may hold the key
"A machine-learning analysis of brain waves recorded during sleep may help identify people at high risk of developing dementia, according to a study led by UC San Francisco and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. "
