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Clinical trial design described in #BSEA explains the value of scalable online multimodal at-home interventions integrating music, dance movement, and mindfulness to support healthy aging and reduce dementia risk

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Lead Pollution Linked to Memory Problems, Study Finds | AAIC Historic lead levels from the era of leaded gasoline may be contributing to cognitive issues 50 years later, suggests research reported at AAIC 2025.

BREAKING: High exposure to lead — especially from leaded gas pollution — in the 1960s and 1970s is linked to memory problems 50 years later, and even low levels of lead exposure may damage the adult brain, according to new studies presented at #AAIC25. bit.ly/3GM3GnD

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List of top ten most viewed articles: rows of title, all published 2025, number of views and authors.

Cannot believe that @alzdemjournals.bsky.social newest journal Behavioral Socioeconomic of Aging #BSEA is already 1 year old! Here are the top 10 viewed articles! #AAIC25

Hope you’re having fun connections!

Come and talk to @cgster.bsky.social the editor in chief of Alzheimer’s & Dementia journal family’s newest journal: Behavioral Socioeconomics of Aging (BSEA). We especially would love to publish research from global perspectives! #AAIC25 @alzdemjournals.bsky.social

#BSEA behavioral socioeconomics of aging differentiates from other journals with focus on #ADRD research from around the globe and how socioeconomics impact aging and ADRD! Proud to be the Healthcare Provisions Section Editor. #geronsky #AAIC25

Couldn’t join #aaic25 in person this year but still exciting to catch @alzdemjournals.bsky.social BSEA editorial board meeting this morning! We need more global perspectives and looking for associate editors to help broaden our editorial board!

I’m reading Maria Ressa’s book “How to stand up to a dictator” and it’s so enlightening the corrosive impact of Facebook and social media on democracies across the globe. Philippines was the early warning sign that no one heeded.

I talked about social media manipulation—how information is amplified or suppressed, targeted toward individuals through blackbox algorithms that make old style propaganda look like crayon scribbles—during the plenary session of a recent conference and the LOOKS of SHOCK on people’s faces

NEW: We (mostly @noamross.net) launched a website to shine a brighter light on terminated NIH and NSF grants.

grant-watch.us

It links to our NIH & NSF trackers, grant info submission forms, and other info. We'll also add new analyses soon.

Check it out and let us know what else you'd like to see.

The WHI is Ending–You Should Be Furious and Concerned Ignorance is Strength: RFK Jr and Trump's Anti-Science Agenda

The WHI is ending and why you should be concerned and furious. Also, giving RFK Jr, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, and Dr. Marty Makary the keys to the proverbial castle is akin to putting three rabid raccoons into a Costco; eventually they’ll rip everything apart vajenda.substack.com/p/the-whi-is...

Life of meaning and purpose: Sam Simon the "Dementia Man" Send us a text In this episode of the Ask Dr. Mia podcast, host Dr. Mia speaks with Sam Simon, a lawyer and playwright diagnosed with early-stage Alzheimer's diseas…

This latest episode of #AskDrMiaPodcast I interviewed Sam Simon who turned his #dementia diagnosis into a play, advocacy, and a life of purpose. Take a listen at www.miayangmd.com/life-of-mean...

🧵DISMANTLING DEMOCRACY

I've been keeping track of Trump actions - now up to 192. Here, I dig into 69 actions specifically targeted at undermining democracy, rule of law & suppressing dissent.

It's been 12 weeks of assaults on democracy.

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First global pandemic treaty agreed — without the US The World Health Organization accord promotes sharing scientific data in exchange for more equitable distribution of drugs and vaccines.

Historic moment for global health.
After 3 years of negotiation, nations finally agreed on the first-ever global pandemic treaty, a set of commitments to prevent, prepare for, and respond to future pandemics. Here’s what it means and why it matters 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

These are not detainments—they are kidnappings.

These are not deportations—they are human trafficking.

These are not detention centers—they are concentration camps.

Language matters.

This is fascism.

Intrinsic factors associated with engagement in healthy lifestyle behaviors for dementia risk reduction in midlife Introduction Intrinsic motivation is critical for dementia prevention but remains poorly understood. Methods A total of 347 middle-aged adults completed questionnaires on intrinsic factors for dem.....

Excited to share our new paper in @alzdemjournals.bsky.social Behavior & Socioeconomics of Aging. 🧠 We used latent profile analysis to identify groups of middle-aged adults with distinct intrinsic factors (e.g., motivation, AD knowledge) and examined group differences.

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Will Vietnamese American communities benefit from new Alzheimer's disease treatments? Novel anti-amyloid beta (Aβ) immunotherapies for Alzheimer's disease (AD) have achieved regulatory approval and offer promising results for patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and mild dem.....

New Alzheimer’s treatments show promise, but are Asian American populations being left behind?

A&D: Behavior & Socioeconomics of Aging highlights cultural and systemic barriers that may limit access to these therapies #BSEA #AlzResearch

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Intrinsic factors associated with engagement in healthy lifestyle behaviors for dementia risk reduction in midlife Introduction Intrinsic motivation is critical for dementia prevention but remains poorly understood. Methods A total of 347 middle-aged adults completed questionnaires on intrinsic factors for dem.....

4 unique motivation types defined for dementia risk reduction in midlife

@smsimone.bsky.social et al. explore the impacts of different intrinsic patterns, like sense of self-efficacy, in Behavior & Socioeconomics of Aging #AlzResearch #BSEA

alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

New study shows shingles vaccine tied to reduced dementia risk Research indicates a potential link between the Zostavax shingles vaccine and reduced dementia risk. This confirms earlier research.

New study shows shingles vaccine tied to reduced dementia risk www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalrap... via @skepticalraptor.bsky.social

Got tricky in-laws? How about in-laws with Alzheimer’s dementia? Talk about complexities. I coached Jane in how to navigate the good cop and bad cop dynamic.

Collective action is healing in it of itself. #handsoff Likely 1,000+ showed up downtown Winston Salem

Groups across the country have received letters notifying them that their grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities have been canceled, raising alarms about serious harm to museums, historical sites, and a wide range of community projects.

Well, here it is.
Trump and Musk are turning #NIH into a garbage rightwing thinktank, just as we said.

They’re forcing down junk science on us with your tax dollars. This is a deep shame for America and for scientists everywhere.

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A&D: Behavior & Socioeconomics of Aging (BSEA) Editor-in-Chief @cgster.bsky.social representing the journal at #AAGP2025

Check out all the amazing research topics being published in #BSEA!

Plasma p‐tau217 identifies cognitively normal older adults who will develop cognitive impairment in a 10‐year window INTRODUCTION We assessed the prognostic accuracy of plasma p-tau217 in predicting the progression to mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in cognitively unimpaired (CU) individuals over a mean follow-up ...

What is the prognostic capacity of plasma p-tau217 in cognitively unimpaired patients?

Alzheimer’s & Dementia reports plasma p-tau217 is a prognostic marker for identifying individuals who will develop cognitive impairment within 10 years.

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Great to see this confirming my current clinical practice of using ptau-217

The Alzheimer's Association Global Biomarker Standardization Consortium (GBSC) plasma phospho‐tau Round Robin study INTRODUCTION The Alzheimer's Association Global Biomarker Standardization Consortium conducted a blinded case–control study to learn which phosphorylated tau (p-tau) assays provide the largest fold-.....

The Alzheimer's Association Global Biomarker Standardization Consortium evaluated p-tau assays to determine which assay has the greatest change between AD and non-AD.

Explore findings recently published in Alzheimer's & Dementia

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Recent study in A&D: Diagnosis, Assessment, & Disease Monitoring aims to understand the experiences of older adults with memory screening.

Results show a generally positive outlook on cognitive screening and biomarker monitoring. #DADM

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World Dementia Council: Research and clinical trials dialogue, Latin America and Caribbean series Click on the article title to read more.

Check out the new series in A&D featuring updates from World Dementia Council showcasing dementia-related work across the globe

The most recent update covers Latin America and the Caribbean.

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#AlzResearch