Newswise Curated News Channel: National Institute on Aging (NIA)

Study Looks at Association Between School Segregation and Late-life Dementia

Yale School of Medicine — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 16:50:39 EST

Nearly seven million Americans are living with dementia, and the number of individuals with cognitive impairment is expected to rise with the current acceleration of population aging.

UC Irvine Public Health Researchers Uncover Improved Trends and Patterns in Anti-Diabetic Medication

University of California, Irvine — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 19:30:13 EST

Improved patterns of anti-diabetic medication use and declining rates of various life-threatening acute diabetes complications are closing the disparities gap for American Indian and Alaska Native populations with Type 2 diabetes.

Wayne State Researcher Secures Two Grants From the National Institute on Aging to Address Alzheimer's Disease

Wayne State University Division of Research — Fri, 25 Oct 2024 14:30:57 EST

A Wayne State University School of Medicine faculty member has been awarded a total of $2.3 million by the National Institute on Aging of the National institutes of Health for two new, concurrent projects that both address questions related to Alzheimer's disease, a progressive, age-related degenerative brain disease characterized by memory problems, impaired judgment, cognitive issues and changes in personality.

Could Poor Sleep in Middle Age Speed Up Brain Aging?

American Academy of Neurology (AAN) — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 16:00:00 EST

People in early middle age who have poor sleep quality, including having difficulty falling or staying asleep, have more signs of poor brain health in late middle age, according to a study published in the October 23, 2024, online issue of Neurology(r), the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

FSU College of Medicine Research Team Connects Loneliness with Heightened Risk of Dementia in Largest Study of Its Kind

Florida State University — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 11:25:57 EST

New research led by Florida State University College of Medicine faculty quantified the association between loneliness and dementia by analyzing data from more than 600,000 people around the world -- the largest study of its kind. The meta-analysis of 21 longitudinal studies showed that experiencing feelings of loneliness increased the risk of developing dementia by 31%.

RPI Alzheimer's Disease Research Program Gets Multimillion-Dollar Boost

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 08:40:30 EST

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) has been awarded two grants by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) to train graduate students on Alzheimer's disease (AD) research and commercialization. NIA is one of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and is the primary federal agency supporting and conducting AD research.

Bias Found When Drug Manufacturers Fund Clinical Trials

Ohio State University — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 07:05:13 EST

Psychiatric drugs are reported to be about 50% more effective in clinical trials funded by the drug's manufacturer than when trials of the same drug are sponsored by other groups, new research shows.

Ulcers and Damage to Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Linked to Increased Risk of Parkinson's Disease, Research Demonstrates

Beth Israel Lahey Health — Fri, 06 Sep 2024 11:05:52 EST

A study led by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) found the risk of developing Parkinson's disease was 76 percent higher among those with a history of damage to the lining of their upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract than among those without.

Estrogen cream does not improve success rate for prolapse repair

UT Southwestern Medical Center — Tue, 15 Aug 2023 12:20:51 EST

Vaginal estrogen cream, which is commonly prescribed to help women after surgery for pelvic organ prolapse (POP), did not prevent a recurrence of the condition, according to results of a multicenter clinical trial led by UT Southwestern Medical Center. However, the medication did reduce symptoms of vaginal atrophy. The findings, reported in JAMA, could lead to new ways to improve outcomes of prolapse repairs, the study authors said.

Can AI help hospitals spot patients in need of extra non-medical assistance?

Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan — Mon, 14 Aug 2023 12:15:06 EST

Needs related to housing, transportation, food, social support and more can be identified through AI/ML techniques.

Experts: Chronic pain patients who take opioids need better care & coverage

Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan — Mon, 14 Aug 2023 11:45:36 EST

People with chronic pain who take opioids have trouble finding multimodal pain care; insurance and provider education changes are needed, experts say.

UC Irvine is part of $16 million effort to increase dementia research representation

University of California, Irvine — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 11:45:00 EST

With a $16 million grant from the National Institute on Aging, the University of California, San Francisco and the University of California, Irvine will work with community partners to improve the representation of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander adults in research on aging, caregiving, and Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.

Transcription Factors Contribute to Subtypes of Colorectal Cancers

Johns Hopkins Medicine — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 11:05:15 EST

New research in colorectal cancers directed by investigators at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center suggests that expression of transcription factors -- proteins that help turn specific genes on or off by binding to nearby DNA -- may play a central role in the degree of DNA methylation across the genome, contributing to the development of different subtypes of these cancers. Methylation is a process in which certain chemical groups attach to areas of DNA that guide genes' on/off switches.

People with Increased Genetic Risk of Alzheimer's May Lose Sense of Smell First

American Academy of Neurology (AAN) — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 16:00:00 EST

People who carry the gene variant associated with the strongest risk for Alzheimer's disease may lose their ability to detect odors earlier than people who do not carry the gene variant, which may be an early sign of future memory and thinking problems, according to a study published in the July 26, 2023, online issue of Neurology(r), the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The gene variant associated with this increased risk of Alzheimer's is called APOE e4.

Dementia becomes an emergency 1.4 million times a year

Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan — Mon, 24 Jul 2023 11:00:00 EST

More than 1.4 million times a year, people with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia end up in emergency care, making up nearly 7% of all emergency visits for any reason by people over age 65, a new study shows. Compared with their peers who don't have dementia, these patients have twice the rate of seeking emergency care after an accident or a behavioral or mental health crisis.

New study shows anti-inflammatory drugs as a promising target for Alzheimer's disease

University of Kentucky — Mon, 17 Jul 2023 09:55:39 EST

A recent study from the lab of the University of Kentucky's Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Director Linda Van Eldik, Ph.D., has been published in PLOS ONE. The work centers around the idea that various anti-inflammatory drugs could be effective treatments for Alzheimer's disease (AD). This study focused on a protein known as p38.

Second Year of COVID Pandemic Brought Spike in Child Mental Health Visits to ED

Harvard Medical School — Wed, 12 Jul 2023 11:00:00 EST

The number of young people in the United States visiting hospital emergency departments for mental health crises increased sharply during the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study led by researchers from the Department of Health Care Policy in the Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School.

Drug studied at UK is 1st disease-modifying therapy in U.S. approved to treat Alzheimer's

University of Kentucky — Wed, 12 Jul 2023 10:10:26 EST

On July 6, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted full approval to lecanemab, marketed as Leqembi, for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. The University of Kentucky's Sanders-Brown Center on Aging has been working with this drug and others like it for more than a decade.

Penn Medicine Researchers to Lead $40 Million, Multisite Study of Alzheimer's Disease in Asian Americans and Asian Canadians

Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania — Tue, 11 Jul 2023 10:00:00 EST

A $40.5 million grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), will fund the Asian Cohort for Alzheimer's Disease (ACAD) study at Penn Medicine and 15 other academic research centers across the United States and Canada.

Expanding Medicaid improved care without crowding out other patients

Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 11:05:11 EST

People with low incomes who live in states that expanded Medicaid got more of the kind of health care that can keep them healthier in the long run, compared with similar people in non-expansion states.