We spoke to Carl V Hill, PhD, MPH, chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer of the Alzheimer’s Association about the results of the Alzheimer’s Association report, 2021 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures.
While sleep dysregulation is a feature of dementia, it remains unclear whether the duration of sleep prior to old age is associated with dementia. The researchers examined the association between sleep duration and incidence of dementia using a 25-year follow-up.
The study researchers used deep whole-genome sequencing (WGS) to search for novel AD variants in 2247 individuals from 605 multiplex AD families from the National Institute on Mental Health and the National Institute on Aging (NIA) Alzheimer’s Disease Sequencing Project `data sets.
Researchers evaluated a case study of a patient who was diagnosed with frontotemporal behavioral dementia whose autopsy showed coexistent TDP-43 type A and Alzheimer disease pathologies and cerebrovascular disease.
Persistent loneliness in midlife is associated with a higher risk of Alzheimer disease (AD) and other dementias. The good news is that people who bounce back from loneliness build resilience to dementia and AD.
