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Pumping Iron Is Their Secret to Aging Well
via NYT
Greysteel, a gym outside Detroit, teaches barbell lifting for older people. Some are well into their 80s and 90s.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/w...

photo of an older woman and man listening to music

#Music may reduce distress for #dementia patients aru.ac.uk/news/music-m...

#Alzheimers #mentalhealth #wellbeing

America’s Top Consumer-Sentiment Economist Is Worried University of Michigan’s Joanne Hsu can tell US households are in a foul mood. Is anyone listening?

Founded in 1946 by University Of Michigan Department Of Psychology’s George Katona, the Surveys of Consumers is both an important economic indicator and a vital voice for consumers. myumi.ch/D8z1D

Cumulative loneliness and memory function among US older adults: the role of depressive symptoms AbstractBackground. This study aimed to investigate whether depressive symptoms mediate the association between cumulative loneliness and memory function d

Using the Health and Retirement Study, SRC and ‪@um-psc.bsky.social‬ researchers find that depressive symptoms may be a mechanism through which cumulative loneliness negatively affects memory function among middle-aged & older adults myumi.ch/3Rgrw

🧪Using responses from Health and Retirement Study Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol Ken Langa & coauthors find informant rating of a person's memory & daily functioning is generally reliable, but depends significantly on how often they see each other myumi.ch/3RgWp

Epidemiologist: Stroke and Vascular Dementia The University of Edinburgh is seeking an Epidemiologist with particular expertise in statistics and healthcare data science for their Stroke and Vascular Dementia Theme

The University of Edinburgh is seeking an Epidemiologist with particular expertise in statistics and healthcare data science for their Stroke and Vascular Dementia Theme. Closing date: 8th May

www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/epidemio...

Dementia Researcher Blogs: Dr Yvonne Couch - Writing Your First Fellowship Dr Yvonne Couch, narrates her blog written for the Dementia Researcher website.In this practical blog, Yvonne shares personal insights and lessons learned from her own journey writing fellowship ap...

✍️ Writing your first fellowship? Sandwich gossip, small grants, and one BIG mistake you’ll want to avoid 🍞💰

Dr Yvonne Couch shares her honest, funny, and very useful advice for early career researchers. @dryvonnecouch.bsky.social

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The Consortium for Clarity in ADRD Research Through Imaging (CLARiTI) The presence of multiple pathologies is the largest predictor of dementia. A major gap in the field is the in vivo detection of mixed pathologies and their antecedents. The Alzheimer's Disease Resea.....

🧠 📷 We are excited to support the #CLARiTI initiative which will improve detection and understanding of mixed pathologies in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (AD/ADRD).

Learn more about CLARiTI in @alzdemjournals.bsky.social
: alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Register now! 2025 Hybrid Spring ADRC Meeting Workshop Days: May 4 & 7 General Sessions: May 5-6 San Francisco, CA Image description: White background with blue text and picture of the Golden Gate Bridge on the right of the image. Orange, blue, and grey hexagons across bottom.

📢Calling all #NIAfundedADRC members: Registration is now open for the 2025 Spring #ADRCMeeting!

Join us in San Francisco or virtually to stay up-to-date and collaborate with others in the field as we work to advance #Alzheimer's research.

bit.ly/2025-spring-...

Welcome immigrants from X interested in science to the friendlier skies of @bsky.app, as documented by a new @nature.com survey (but you already knew that 😉)
"Bluesky is much better for science. There is much less toxicity, misinformation, and distractions."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I hope so! It will largely depend on my abstract being accepted, so I’ll have to wait and see. You?

New neurobiological analysis maps links between health of various organs and mental health Poor organ health is linked to changes in brain structure and symptoms of depression and anxiety. Lifestyle factors like diet, exercise, and sleep are associated with both physical and mental health, suggesting a complex mind-body connection.

Poor organ health is linked to changes in brain structure and symptoms of depression and anxiety. Lifestyle factors like diet, exercise, and sleep are associated with both physical and mental health, suggesting a complex… #MentalHealth #PhysicalHealth #MindBodyConnection #Wellness #Neuroscience

Antibiotics, vaccinations and anti-inflammatory medication linked to reduced risk of dementia Antibiotics, antivirals, vaccinations and anti-inflammatory medication are associated with reduced risk of dementia, according to new research that looked at

"We urgently need new treatments to slow the progress of #dementia, if not to prevent it. If we can find drugs that are already licensed for other conditions, then we can get them into trials much faster than we could do for an entirely new drug."

#Alzheimers #NeuroSky #neuroscience #geriatrics

Registration is open for the 2025 Alliance for Longevity Initiatives (A4LI) Annual Summit in Washington D.C. April 28-30. Scroll down on the page to see a list of speakers so far:
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A reminder that my Peloton needs more exercise #Peloton #BrainHealth #Exercise

ISTAART members! Have you submitted your work to #AAIC25 yet?

Abstract submissions are extended till Jan 31 for members, so submit yours today!

alz.org/AAIC

Congrats Gemma!

Glad to see you on here @ceciletissot.bsky.social Congrats on your presentation. Looking forward to more of your posts!

Yes to all of this! #geriatrics #geriforall

The Decline in Geriatric Care Hurts Us All www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/o...

The Idea Of A Good Daughter | Health Affairs Journal A public health professor and her mother failed to receive long-term care support from the health care system when they needed it most.

"If someone had asked us in the summer of 2021 what we most needed to facilitate Mom’s healing and well-being, our wish list would have been modest."

So often our health care system fails to live up to its name of providing care: www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10....

Speaking multiple languages can be a buffer against Alzheimer’s - The Queen's Journal Imagine delaying the onset of Alzheimer’s by up to five years, simply by speaking a second language. This isn’t just a linguisticadvantage—it’s a cognitive one.Bilingualism has been linked to improved...

“As Alzheimer’s rates rise, languages have the power to save your memory”

#LanguageLearning #EduSky #MFLBluesky #MFL #langchat #alzheimer #brain #bilingualism

Thank you for sharing this. I can relate. My mom suffered from vascular dementia; needed more and more (expensive) home care; 5 months in dementia care, with 6 trips to the ED for falls, one was a hip fracture, then nursing home for 7 months before dying in 2023. Sadness, relief, guilt. Still.

AI speech analysis predicted progression of cognitive impairment to Alzheimer’s with over 78% accuracy AI analysis of cognitive test transcripts predicted progression of mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer’s disease with over 78% accuracy, according to an NIA-funded study.

5- Nice summary of the study provided by the NIA:

www.nia.nih.gov/news/ai-spee...

DEADLINE EXTENDED: Request for Letters of Intent (LOI) — The ADRC Developmental Project Award offers up to $60K annually in direct costs per project with a duration of one year. LOI deadline: 1/17/25 by 11:59 p.m. CT. Visit adrc.wisc.edu/developmental-projects for application details and timeline.

The Dementia Matters podcast, hosted by my @uwhealth.bsky.social and @uwmadison.bsky.social colleague, Dr. Nate Chin, is an amazing source of information.

I learned an incredible amount about limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy (LATE) from Dr. David Wolk, @upenn.edu Memory Center.

"The history of anti-amyloid therapies" active immunization with Aβ42, postvaccination meningoencephalitis bapineuzumab, Phase 3 trials failed; all other trials terminated (2012) crenezumab, Phase 3 trials failed; development has been stopped (2022) gantenerumab, Multiple trials either stopped due to futility or negative results; no further trials planned (2022) solanezumab, Phase 3 trials, including A4 in preclinical population, failed; development has been stopped (2023) aducanumab, Phase 3 studies stopped due to futility, but re-analysis resulted in accelerated approval in 2021; marketing stopped, post-marketing trial discontinued (2024) lecanemab, FDA approval in 2023 donanemab, FDA approval in 2024

I was honored to have presented on "New therapies for Alzheimer's disease" at Medical University of South Carolina Psychiatry Grand Rounds today.

Here's a slide I put together summarizing the history of anti-amyloid therapies.

#geronsky #medsky #alzheimers #amyloid

What We’ve Learned About Dementia’s Toll on Family Finances How a late or missed diagnosis can balloon costs for people with Alzheimer’s and their loved ones

How a late or missed diagnosis can balloon costs for people with Alzheimer’s and their loved ones (from @eisenb.bsky.social)

Fascinating topic. My Dad had RBD with his Parkinson’s

How the brain cleans itself during deep sleep Blood vessels in the brain rhythmically constrict and dilate to drive waves of cleansing fluid through the organ.

Blood vessels in the brain rhythmically constrict and dilate to drive waves of cleansing fluid through the organ

https://go.nature.com/3PwtwN2