People with 2 copies of APOE4 were known to have a high risk of #Alzheimers. Today that changed to nearly 100% full penetrance NATURE.med nature.com/articles/s4159…

The Brazilian National Dementia Plan has been approved by the Brazilian Câmara dos Deputados (Chamber of Deputies). ADI extends its warmest congratulations to elaine mateus @febraz_brand for improving the lives of those living with dementia, and their carers in #Brazil Learn

ADI is asking its global community about their attitudes towards dementia. Every response we receive can make a world of difference: bit.ly/World-Alzheime… Please take just 10 minutes to answer the survey by clicking on the link or scanning the QR code, and share widely with

Alzheimer: Projeto com diretrizes de tratamento é aprovado - 10/05/2024 - Equilíbrio e Saúde - Folha www1.folha.uol.com.br/equilibrioesau…

Van Gogh's paintings can come to life thanks to AI.

Drauzio Varella sentando o dedo na faculdades de medicina de quinta categoria. folha.com/4jnsxwh6

WE NEED YOUR HELP NOW!! Please share the #survey on attitudes about #dementia and #alzheimers to friends and families. 40+ languages available. It will help us build policies that work for the next 5 years. Thank you!!

Resistance training for 1 year in older adults had enduring benefits for years later, results from a randomized trial bmjopensem.bmj.com/content/10/2/e…

Cognitive decline in older adults (age 60+) after Covid, 2.5 years follow-up nature.com/articles/s4358… #LongCovid Nature Aging

Optimizing better health and care for older adults and their family caregivers: A review of geriatric approaches. #geriatrics agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jg…

It's today. 27 authors worked hard. We hope you like it, and it has impact on individuals, policy makers, clinicians, and researchers. The Lancet 2024 commission on dementia prevention, intervention, and care. Helen Frankish Naaheed Mukadam Andrew Sommerlad Lon S. Schneider, MD et al.

Inscrevam-se no Pensando Bem, canal de entrevistas culturais feitas por mim e Nando Gross. youtube.com/@PensandoBem-l…

Musculação protege o cérebro de idosos contra demência, sugere estudo www1.folha.uol.com.br/equilibrio/202…

"Si sientes dolor, estás vivo. Si sientes el dolor de otro, eres un ser humano". Leon Tolstoi

Apresento hj o Senador Paulo Paim o projeto da Coalizao Nacional pelas Demências (CoNaDe) p o Plano Nacional de Demências do Brasil. Uma construção conjunta c Dra. Elaine Mateus, presidente da Federação Brasileira das Associações de Alzheimer. A sociedade civil está à disposição do Alexandre Padilha p darmos os primeiros passos!

Short- and Long-Term Effect of Multidomain Lifestyle Intervention on Frailty: Post Hoc Analysis of an RCT. #geriatrics agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jg…

The avg young person today is on course to spend 25 years of their life on their phone. (Plus more on other screens). Most of them don't want to live this way, but feel trapped. How about we delay giving smartphones and tablets till at least 14? thetimes.com/uk/technology-…

🪑💪 El test de levantarse y sentarse 5⃣ veces ya tiene valores de referencia internacionales 🌍 en adultos mayores de 50 años 👉 Herramienta útil para evaluar #fuerza y #movilidad según edad y sexo🚶‍♀️✨ link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Fabulous new TED talk from Lenore Skenazy. She shows that the cure for rising anxiety among kids and rising anxiety among parents is the same: Let kids develop competence through independence, and through (device-free) unsupervised play, as they used to ted.com/talks/lenore_s…

As we launch this year’s World Alzheimer’s Month, we are deeply honoured to have received a message of support from his holiness Pope Leo XIV, who has expressed his blessing and spiritual closeness with people living with dementia around the world, this World Alzheimer’s Month as