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“These additional targets offer possible ways for semaglutide to influence the protein pattern beyond the effects of eating less and losing weight. A blood-protein score may help track how a treatment changes biology associated with dementia, not just estimate future risk.”

Alzheimer's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by problems with memory, learning, and decision-making. Approximately 70 percent of all dementia cases are due to Alzheimer's disease (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17101822/).

“Anticholinergic drugs that have been prescribed for depression, bladder conditions, and Parkinson's in over 27 million patients have been linked to a significant increase in dementia in a dose-dependent manner (higher the dose, the higher the risk).”

“Researchers tracked more than 1,200 adults aged 50 and older who had diabetes but no dementia at the start of the study. They grouped participants based on the age they were diagnosed with diabetes—before age 50, in their 50s, 60s, or 70s—and by whether they had obesity.”

“Our brains shrink as we grow older, but that doesn't mean you can wait until old age to worry about it—neurodegeneration starts 15–20 years before the onset of symptoms of mild cognitive impairment, dementia, or Alzheimer's disease.”

“FTA: > Vitamin D deficiency is associated with a substantially increased risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease in older people, according to the most robust study of its kind ever conducted. An international team found that study participants who were severely vitamin D deficient were more than twice as likely to develop dementia and Alzheimer's disease.”

“The study tracked more than 6,700 adults aged 45 and older without a diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or dementia, who answered questions about their oral health at the start of the study. Over the next four years, they took part in regular interviews that recorded any new physician diagnoses of MCI or dementia.”

“FTA: > Pushing new frontiers in dementia research, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) scientists have found a new way to treat dementia by sending electrical impulses to specific areas of the brain to enhance the growth of new brain cells.”

“A recent study found that particulate matter in air pollution from agriculture increases the risk of dementia in older adults. The study involved more than 27,000 adults enrolled in the Environmental Predictors of Cognitive Health and Aging study.”

“These results were consistent even after considering other factors that could affect the outcomes. These findings suggest that higher triglyceride levels protect against dementia, counter to current thinking about triglycerides.”