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·August 5, 2026·7 min read

Midlife Vascular Health Adds Nearly 13 Dementia-Free Years

A new study links midlife vascular health to nearly 13 additional dementia-free years.

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·July 29, 2026·6 min read

Early Sugar Restriction Linked to 23% Lower Risk of Dementia

Analyzing UK sugar rationing data shows that limiting sugar exposure in utero and during the first two years of life reduces dementia risk by up to 23% and delays disease onset by 2.6 years.

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·July 27, 2026·7 min read

Cultural Disparities in Subjective Cognitive Decline

Researchers investigate cultural differences in subjective cognitive decline.

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·July 21, 2026·8 min read

Study Maps Accelerated Brain Aging Signatures Across 9 Conditions

Measuring Predictive Age Difference (PAD), the team found that Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment showed the highest accelerated brain aging, followed by psychiatric disorders and substance addiction.

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·July 17, 2026·12 min read

Tau Buildup in PSP Affects Distant Thinking Brain Networks

Cognitive and behavioral symptoms in Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) are driven by the remote circuit disruption of a shared frontoparietal architecture called the "PSP-tau network."

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·July 14, 2026·9 min read

Purified THC/CBD Oil Dramatically Lowers Dementia Agitation

A new study demonstrates that a specialized oral THC/CBD medical oil formulation significantly and rapidly reduces end-of-life agitation in late-stage dementia patients.

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·July 12, 2026·10 min read

Decreasing Productivity Can Precede a Dementia Diagnosis by Years

A new study demonstrates that early-onset dementia is associated with severe work productivity losses up to 15 years before a formal diagnosis.

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·July 9, 2026·13 min read

NFL Players Face Fourfold Increase in Neurodegenerative Mortality

A retrospective cohort study of 19,824 NFL players confirms that professional football veterans face a fourfold increase in neurodegenerative mortality, including a 3.8-fold surge in all-cause dementia and Parkinson's disease.

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·July 8, 2026·11 min read

Alcohol Alters Brain Flexibility Based on Hidden Dementia Markings

Alcohol interacts differently with amyloid-beta and tau pathologies in the brain's corticostriatal circuit.

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·June 27, 2026·10 min read

Hearing Aids Linked to 23% Lower Dementia Risk in Epilepsy

Hearing aid use is associated with a 23% lower risk of dementia exclusively in adults with both epilepsy and hearing loss, likely due to the critical preservation of depleted cognitive reserve.

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·June 24, 2026·7 min read

Daytime Light Linked to Lower Dementia Risk

Average daytime light exposure above 1,000 lux reduces dementia risk by 16%, and that getting less than 42 minutes of bright daily light is a stronger predictor of dementia than six traditional clinical risk factors.