Dementia Prevention Digest

A Swedish study of over 1,800 adults found that anti-inflammatory diets significantly lowered dementia incidence, even among those with higher...

A simple EEG-based hearing test measuring brain responses to speech shows potential as a non-invasive, low-cost screening tool for mild cognitive...

Blood tests for Alzheimer's are accelerating toward everyday clinical use.

• Beckman Coulter launches CE-marked p-Tau217 assay in Europe for scalable...

Early Detection Advances

• 🔥 Finger-Prick Test: A home finger-prick test using dried blood spots can measure p-tau217 levels linked to...

Super-agers aged 80+ maintain razor-sharp memories by producing twice as many new hippocampal neurons as cognitively healthy peers—and 2.5 times...

Three emerging methods highlight the shift to accessible Alzheimer's screening.

• Saccadic eye movements via a compact GAP device linked longer...

Early Detection Advances

• 🔥 Hearing and Eye Tests: Hearing and eye tests could spot dementia before symptoms show by speeding up detection when...

Hearing loss emerges as both a top modifiable risk and early detection signal for dementia.

• Untreated hearing loss drives a 37% higher dementia...

New research tracking 87,577 adults for eight years shows daytime light exposure significantly lowers dementia risk.

• Key finding: More than 1,000...

Recent research shows blood tests can flag dementia risk years before symptoms appear.

• pTau217 and beta amyloid levels predicted significant...

• Online ACE-III tool uses subdomain patterns for personalised risk estimates, hitting 91.95% accuracy at 95% threshold and beating total-score...

Early Detection Advances

• 🔥 NHS Blood Test Trial: More than 1,000 NHS patients across the UK will be offered a new blood test to detect...

Dr. Oz stressed the urgent need for surrogate endpoints—simple tests that flag rising dementia risk years early—to enable timely action on modifiable...

Sam Preston was blindsided when a fatigue-related blood test revealed her APOE4 gene, a major Alzheimer's risk factor, without any prior warning or...

Multiple blood-based approaches are converging to enable earlier Alzheimer's detection, each with unique strengths in timing and biology.

• circRNA...

More than 1,000 NHS patients across the UK will receive a new blood test for Alzheimer's in a trial assessing its effectiveness, with the goal of opening access to emerging treatments if approved.

Early Detection Research

• 🔥 False Positives in First Blood Test: The FDA-cleared Lumipulse plasma test showed higher-than-expected false-positive...

A JAMA study found the FDA-cleared Lumipulse test produced far more false positives than claimed, with just 23% specificity in one cohort versus the...

Women account for nearly two-thirds of U.S. Alzheimer’s cases, making early sign recognition critical.

Up to 45% of dementia cases may be prevented...

Two studies show blood biomarkers can flag Alzheimer's biology well before symptoms, expanding options beyond invasive scans.

• Circular RNAs in...