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Alzheimer’s Disease

Collection of interviews, videos and articles related to Alzheimer's disease

  • Mental Health 18 Oct, 2022 Read Time: 3 mins
    Congress highlights Article

    Highlights from ECNP 2022 – Day 2 – October 16th

    Welcome to Progress in Mind’s live coverage of ECNP 2022. The 35th Congress of the European College...
  • Mental Health 28 Jun, 2022 Read Time: 3 mins
    Congress highlights Article

    Highlights from EAN 2022 — Day 4 — June 28th

    Welcome to Progress in Mind’s live coverage of EAN 2022. This 8th Congress of the European Academy of...
  • Mental Health 27 Jun, 2022 Read Time: 3 mins
    Congress highlights Article

    Highlights from EAN 2022 — Day 3 — June 27th

    Welcome to Progress in Mind’s live coverage of EAN 2022. This 8th Congress of the European Academy of...
  • Mental Health 26 Jun, 2022 Read Time: 3 mins
    Congress highlights Article

    Highlights from EAN 2022 — Day 2 — June 26th

    Welcome to Progress in Mind’s live coverage of EAN 2022. This 8th Congress of the European Academy of...
  • Alzheimer's Disease 22 Mar, 2022 Read Time: 3 mins
    Congress highlights

    New perspectives on Alzheimer’s disease

    Alzheimer’s disease is not part of normal aging. It is a brain disorder and not all people with...
  • Alzheimer's Disease 17 Mar, 2022 Read Time: 3 mins
    Congress highlights

    A simple test combination for identifying early Alzheimer’s disease

    Many people experience mild cognitive decline, but what is their risk of developing Alzheimer’s...
  • Alzheimer's Disease 07 Dec, 2021 Read Time: 2 mins
    Congress highlights

    Memory Lapses, Mild Cognitive Impairment and Cognitive Enhancers

    In this engaging session from the 2021 virtual Neurological Association of South Africa (NASA)...
  • Alzheimer's Disease 24 Jun, 2021 Read Time: 3 mins
    Satellite symposium

    Factors damaging brain health and increasing the risk of Alzheimer’s disease

    Knowing the factors that increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease can help healthcare providers...
  • Migraine, Alzheimer's Disease 23 Jun, 2021 Read Time: 2 mins
    Congress highlights

    Highlights from EAN 2021 — Day 4

    Today, 22 June, Day 4 of the 7th Congress of the European Academy of Neurology – Vienna 2021, was the...
  • Migraine, Alzheimer's Disease 22 Jun, 2021 Read Time: 2 mins
    Congress highlights

    Highlights from EAN 2021 — Day 3

    Progress in Mind’s coverage of the 7th Congress of the European Academy of Neurology – Vienna 2021...
  • Alzheimer's Disease 21 Jun, 2021 Read Time: 3 mins
    Congress highlights

    New more accessible and affordable techniques for identifying people at risk of Alzheimer’s disease

    In specialist clinics, cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers for Abeta1-42, Abeta1-40, tTau, and pTau or...
  • Migraine, Alzheimer's Disease 20 Jun, 2021 Read Time: 2 mins
    Congress highlights

    Highlights from EAN 2021 — Day 2

    The exciting live and connected virtual experience for presenters and attendees of the 7th Congress...
  • Migraine, Alzheimer's Disease 19 Jun, 2021 Read Time: 3 mins
    Congress highlights

    Highlights from EAN 2021 — Day 1

    Welcome to Progress in Mind’s live coverage of EAN 2021. This 7th Congress of the European Academy of...
  • Alzheimer's Disease 09 Dec, 2020 Read Time: 2 mins
    Congress highlights

    Measuring tau accumulation and progression

    The ability of PET to map regional changes in tau pathology over time provides important insights...
  • Alzheimer's Disease 25 Nov, 2020
    Podcast

    Which populations are most vulnerable to Alzheimer’s disease and why?

    Read the full article here.
  • Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease 29 Oct, 2020 Read Time: 3 mins
    Congress highlights

    Gut bacteria may trigger Alzheimer’s disease

    The role of the gut and it’s microbiota in neurodegerenative diseases have gain a lot of attention...
  • Mental Health 03 Oct, 2020 Read Time: 2 mins
    Congress highlights

    Brain health becomes a global priority

    For years, the massive burden of mortality and morbidity caused by neurological diseases was not...
  • Alzheimer's Disease 12 Sep, 2020 Read Time: 2 mins
    Congress highlights

    TDP-43: a newly-recognized route to cognitive decline

    There is growing clinical interest in TDP-43 proteinopathy, a relatively recent and fast-moving area...
  • Migraine, Alzheimer's Disease 01 Sep, 2020 Read Time: 3 mins
    Congress highlights

    Countries need to work together to tackle brain diseases

    WHO global initiatives and national treatment pathways are key to reducing the huge burden that...
  • Alzheimer's Disease 18 Aug, 2020 Read Time: 2 mins
    Congress highlights

    Modulating the microbiome: a revolution in the making?

    Altering the intestinal flora can influence host immunity, neuro-inflammation, and the deposition of...
  • Alzheimer's Disease 30 Jun, 2020 Read Time: 2 mins
    Congress highlights

    Study motivated by apathy

    Conversion from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer’s disease dementia is not related to the...
  • Alzheimer's Disease 20 Jun, 2020 Read Time: 3 mins
    Congress highlights

    Early palliative care in progressive neurological diseases

    Neurologists are often dealing with chronic diseases that progress in severity. Palliative care...
  • Alzheimer's Disease 19 Jun, 2020 Read Time: 3 mins
    Congress highlights

    Imaging advances diagnosis and staging in dementias

    Tau-PET imaging in the clinic is on the horizon and would complement amyloid-PET and structural and...
  • Alzheimer's Disease 13 May, 2020 Read Time: 2 mins
    Congress highlights

    Further evidence of cognitive and health benefits extends lifestyle intervention

    The Finnish Geriatric Intervention Study to Prevent Cognitive Impairment and Disability (FINGER)...
  • Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease 16 Apr, 2020 Read Time: 2 mins
    Article

    COVID-19 and Dementia: a conjunction of pandemics

    The complexities of preventing and managing infection are multiplied in people living with dementia....
  • Alzheimer's Disease 03 Apr, 2020 Read Time: 2 mins
    Congress highlights

    Plenty of key targets in the dynamic Alzheimer’s pipeline

    Far from running dry, the pipeline is well provided with agents in development for Alzheimer’s...
  • Mental Health 22 Mar, 2020

    What role should patients play in treatment decision making?

  • Mental Health 14 Feb, 2020 Read Time: 3 mins
    Article

    Real-world evidence — raising organizational fluency through interactive learning techniques

    Real-world evidence (RWE) demonstrates long-term effectiveness and safety beyond the efficacy and...
  • Alzheimer's Disease 23 Jan, 2020 Read Time: 3 mins
    Congress highlights

    Assessing and managing agitation associated with Alzheimer’s dementia

    Agitation is common among patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and results in a range of behavioral...
  • Mental Health 14 Nov, 2019 Read Time: 3 mins
    Congress highlights

    Can blue-depleted light decrease duration of psychiatric hospitalization?

    Novel light and sensor technologies have been installed in a new acute psychiatric unit in Norway to...
  • Alzheimer's Disease 06 Sep, 2019 Read Time: 3 mins
    Congress highlights

    Is it time to test anti-tau interventions in patients with asymptomatic Alzheimer’s disease?

    The microtubule-associated protein tau is a major component of the neurofibrillary tangles (NFT) of...
  • Alzheimer's Disease 06 Sep, 2019 Read Time: 3 mins
    Congress highlights

    The emerging relationship between plasma and brain amyloid-β — does it play a role in the pathogenesis in Alzheimer’s disease?

    Reliable plasma amyloid-β (Aβ) measurement is now possible using new highly sensitive techniques, and...
  • Alzheimer's Disease 22 Jul, 2019 Read Time: 3 mins
    Congress highlights

    Is it time to test anti-tau interventions in patients with asymptomatic Alzheimer’s disease?

    The microtubule-associated protein tau is a major component of the neurofibrillary tangles (NFT) of...
  • Alzheimer's Disease 10 Apr, 2019 Read Time: 4 mins
    Congress highlights

    Making ready for early AD diagnosis

    When disease-modifying therapy becomes available, screening for Alzheimer’s and its subsequent...
  • Alzheimer's Disease 05 Apr, 2019 Read Time: 3 mins
    Congress highlights

    Encouraging immune response to AD: adjuvants, modifying the microbiome, and microglial rejuvenation

    Modulating central and peripheral innate immunity has potential in Alzheimer’s Disease. Following...
  • Alzheimer's Disease 12 Mar, 2019 Read Time: 5 mins
    Article

    Taking a closer look at tau

    Our understanding of tau pathology, a critical component of Alzheimer’s Disease development, will...
  • Alzheimer's Disease 28 Jan, 2019 Read Time: 3 mins
    Article

    Inside the black box: Unlocking the potential of big data in neurodegenerative diseases

    Big data, artificial intelligence and machine learning offer huge opportunities for the collection...
  • Alzheimer's Disease 22 Jan, 2019 Read Time: 5 mins
    Article

    Could targeting the brain’s clearance systems be beneficial in Alzheimer’s Disease?

    Amyloid-beta (Aβ) accumulation in Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) may, in part, be due to an impairment in...
  • Alzheimer's Disease 14 Jan, 2019 Read Time: 3 mins
    Congress highlights

    The many faces of tau offer multiple targets for intervention in Alzheimer’s disease

    Tau is a complex, multifaceted target, implicated in many mechanisms involved in the pathology of...
  • Mental Health 14 Jan, 2019 Read Time: 3 mins
    Congress highlights

    Mutual benefits: Public–Private Partnerships in CNS Research

    Public–Private Partnerships are being developed worldwide to facilitate collaboration between...
  • Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease 14 Jan, 2019 Read Time: 3 mins
    Congress highlights

    Gut bacteria may trigger Alzheimer’s disease

    The role of the gut and it’s microbiota in neurodegerenative diseases have gain a lot of attention...
  • Alzheimer's Disease 27 Oct, 2018 Read Time: 4 mins
    Congress highlights

    It’s in the blood – identification of plasma biomarkers brings hope for screening and early detection of Alzheimer’s disease

    The recent discovery and validation of blood biomarkers offers huge potential for the early...
  • Alzheimer's Disease 22 Oct, 2018 Read Time: 4 mins
    Article

    New insights into Apolipoprotein E and Alzheimer’s Disease

    Apolipoprotein E4 is a major risk factor for Alzheimer’s Disease and is strongly related to the...
  • Mental Health 09 May, 2018 Read Time: 3 mins
    Congress highlights

    Investing in recovery – translating intervention into action

    You would think that the behaviour of a flock of starlings would have little to do with mental health...
  • Alzheimer's Disease 09 May, 2018 Read Time: 3 mins
    Congress highlights

    Essential elements for Alzheimer’s disease clinical trials

    Stronger links between novel agents and their targets, more precise selection of patients, and better...
  • Alzheimer's Disease 09 May, 2018 Read Time: 4 mins
    Congress highlights

    Could astrocyte activation initiate AD pathology 20 years before diagnosis?

    Neuroimaging techniques demonstrate a 20-year pathophysiological pathway preceding the development of...
  • Alzheimer's Disease 09 May, 2018 Read Time: 4 mins
    Congress highlights

    Dietary interventions that may lower the risk of Alzheimer’s disease

    Increasing evidence shows that dietary interventions may lower the risk of developing Alzheimer’s...
  • Mental Health 08 May, 2018 Read Time: 4 mins
    Congress highlights

    Updating DSM-5 to improve diagnostic validity and reliability and clinical utility

    Clinicians and researchers are invited to submit proposals for revisions to the fifth edition of the...
  • Mental Health 08 May, 2018 Read Time: 4 mins
    Congress highlights

    Updating DSM-5 to improve diagnostic validity and reliability and clinical utility

    Clinicians and researchers are invited to submit proposals for revisions to the fifth edition of the...
  • Alzheimer's Disease 22 Mar, 2018 Read Time: 4 mins
    Congress highlights

    Could astrocyte activation initiate AD pathology 20 years before diagnosis?

    Neuroimaging techniques demonstrate a 20-year pathophysiological pathway preceding the development of...
  • Alzheimer's Disease 19 Mar, 2018 Read Time: 3 mins
    Congress highlights

    Essential elements for Alzheimer’s disease clinical trials

    Stronger links between novel agents and their targets, more precise selection of patients, and better...
  • Alzheimer's Disease 19 Mar, 2018 Read Time: 4 mins
    Congress highlights

    Dietary interventions that may lower the risk of Alzheimer’s disease

    Increasing evidence shows that dietary interventions may lower the risk of developing Alzheimer’s...
  • Mental Health 05 Mar, 2018 Read Time: 3 mins
    Congress highlights

    Networking - a brilliant take off or a flight of fancy?

    You would think that the behaviour of a flock of starlings would have little to do with mental health...
  • Alzheimer's Disease 29 Jan, 2018 Read Time: 3 mins
    Article

    Agitation should be a focus in dementia

    In the past, “agitation” in the context of the dementias referred to a wide range of behaviors, with...
  • Alzheimer's Disease 02 Jan, 2018 Read Time: 4 mins
    Article

    The promise of person-centered care

    Postponing the need for admission to an institution, and improving quality of life within it – can...
  • Alzheimer's Disease 23 Nov, 2017 Read Time: 4 mins
    Article

    β-amyloid remains a compelling target

    Neuropathology, genetics and biology all support the idea that β-amyloid is central to the...
  • Alzheimer's Disease 26 Oct, 2017 Read Time: 5 mins
    Article

    Biomarkers in trials and practice

    The correlation between cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and Positron Emission Tomography (PET) biomarkers...
  • Alzheimer's Disease 25 Sep, 2017 Read Time: 5 mins
    Article

    Agitation in dementia: impact and interventions

    Agitation drives poor life quality for dementia sufferers and their carers, and it also drives costs....
  • Alzheimer's Disease 22 Sep, 2017 Read Time: 4 mins
    Article

    Reducing risks through life could cut dementia by a third

    Dementia is the most feared disease. For years, we could not see how to prevent it. Is now the time...
  • Mental Health 20 Sep, 2017 Read Time: 2 mins
    Article

    Value of Treatment: European Brain Council publishes landmark report

    Greater clinical benefit for patients and gains in cost-effectiveness for society -- both can be...
  • Mental Health 07 Sep, 2017 Read Time: 4 mins
    Congress highlights

    Aerobic exercise improves mental well being

    Get on your running shoes if you want good mental health in later life – it’s never too late to...
  • Alzheimer's Disease 04 Sep, 2017 Read Time: 3 mins
    Congress highlights

    Images of trouble ahead: multimodal assessment of Alzheimer’s Disease

    The three major neuroimaging biomarkers – structural MRI, FDG-PET, and amyloid PET – may reflect...
  • Alzheimer's Disease 20 Jul, 2017 Read Time: 4 mins
    Congress highlights

    Moves towards better management of agitation

    Ninety percent of people with Alzheimer’s experience at least one clinically significant...
  • Alzheimer's Disease 20 Jul, 2017 Read Time: 2 mins
    Congress highlights

    Tangled up in tau

    Prion-like spread of tau aggregates from cell to cell through anatomically connected areas is...
  • Alzheimer's Disease 18 Jul, 2017 Read Time: 4 mins
    Congress highlights

    An age of uncertainty: controversies in the epidemiology of AD

    In developed countries, AD is being diagnosed several years later than twenty years ago. But have we...
  • Alzheimer's Disease 18 Jul, 2017 Read Time: 3 mins
    Congress highlights

    From education to gait: fresh insights into MCI

    Education, walking speed, striatal amyloid deposition, abnormal perceptions or thoughts, and scores...
  • Alzheimer's Disease 18 Jul, 2017 Read Time: 4 mins
    Congress highlights

    Cognitive impairment, driving, and the utility of biomarkers

    Even mild cognitive impairment affects driving performance. So we should think about guidelines for...
  • Alzheimer's Disease 18 Jul, 2017 Read Time: 4 mins
    Congress highlights

    Biomarkers’ best days lie ahead

    Growing evidence of the predictive value of biomarkers is refining our clinical and biological...
  • Alzheimer's Disease 10 Apr, 2017 Read Time: 3 mins
    Congress highlights

    Psychiatrists urged to take greater role in dementia

    Agitation, anxiety, apathy, depression, disinhibition and – to a lesser extent – delusions and...
  • Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease 30 Mar, 2017 Read Time: 5 mins
    Article

    Big Data - Big Opportunities

    Scientists are working to harness the power of “big data” compiled from internet-connected devices....
  • Alzheimer's Disease 14 Sep, 2016 Read Time: 6 mins
    Congress highlights

    New insights into Alzheimer’s disease via longitudinal neuroimaging

    Until fairly recently, the brains of patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and other forms of...
  • Alzheimer's Disease 14 Sep, 2016 Read Time: 3 mins
    Congress highlights

    Anti-tau antibodies: what is the rationale, and how far have they come?

    The accumulation of tau protein aggregates or ‘neurofibrillary tangles’ in the brain is a key...
  • Alzheimer's Disease 22 Jun, 2016 Read Time: 4 mins
    Congress highlights

    Alzheimer’s Disease: ethics of early diagnosis and practicalities of prevention

    Drugs for Alzheimer’s have not been conspicuously successful. Do we need to think more about...
  • Alzheimer's Disease 22 Jun, 2016 Read Time: 4 mins
    Congress highlights

    Alzheimer’s Disease: ethics of early diagnosis and practicalities of prevention

    Drugs for Alzheimer’s have not been conspicuously successful. Do we need to think more about...
  • Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease 22 Jun, 2016 Read Time: 3 mins
    Congress highlights

    Highlights from the neurodegenerative disease sessions

    Primary progressive aphasia, amyloid PET in Alzheimer’s diagnosis, treating Parkinson’s tremor, and...
  • Alzheimer's Disease 22 Jun, 2016 Read Time: 3 mins
    Congress highlights

    Time for sleep to take the stage?

    Sleep disruption is a major consequence of Alzheimer’s Disease. Could it also help cause the...
  • Alzheimer's Disease 22 Jun, 2016 Read Time: 3 mins
    Congress highlights

    Time for sleep to take the stage?

    Sleep disruption is a major consequence of Alzheimer’s Disease. Could it also help cause the...
  • Alzheimer's Disease 09 Jun, 2016 Read Time: 4 mins
    Congress highlights

    A clearer picture of trouble ahead: neuroimaging in patients with dementia and those at risk

    Brain loss, amyloid and tau: imaging can detect in vivo all three hallmarks of Alzheimer’s Disease....
  • Alzheimer's Disease 26 May, 2016 Read Time: 3 mins
    Congress highlights

    Smell deficits associated with greater risk of both dementia and death

    A reduced ability to identify and name common smells relates significantly not only to risk of...

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