CPBH-led study gets the SNL treatment

The latest study led by Willa Brenowitz, PhD, assessing the role of early depression and later risk of dementia, was mentioned on the Saturday, October 2nd, 2021 edition of Saturday Night Live! View the funny clip here.

Vascular risk factors in early adulthood linked to late-life cognitive decline

As mounting evidence points to the link between cardiovascular disease and dementia, a new study led by UC San Francisco finds that young adulthood may be the most critical period to practice the healthy lifestyle habits that may protect the brain from cognitive decline decades later. 

New study connects traumatic brain injury and risk of sleep disorders

People who have concussions may be at increased risk of developing sleep disorders years later, according to a study published in the March 3, 2021, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Dr. Kristine Yaffe receives award from NIH

The Gordon Lecture is part of the NIH Director's Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series, with the goal of keeping NIH researchers abreast of the latest and most important research in the United States.

Dr. Kristine Yaffe delivers keynote at the 2021 Texas Alzheimer’s Research and Care Consortium (TARCC) Scientific Symposium

TARCC 2021 Scientific Symposium: Advances in Alzheimer’s Disease Science, Research, and Care Save the Date! The next TARCC Symposium will be a virtual event on Thursday January 28, 2021 from 9am to 5pm.

Pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions to enhance sleep in mild cognitive impairment and mild Alzheimer's disease: A systematic review

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Breast Arterial Calcification Is Not Associated with Mild Cognitive Impairment or Incident All-Cause Dementia Among Postmenopausal Women: The MINERVA Study

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Vascular health across young adulthood and midlife cerebral autoregulation, gait, and cognition

Abstract Introduction: To test the association of vascular health (VH) across young adulthood with midlife dynamic cerebral autoregulation (dCA), gait, and cognition; and to test whether dCA is a modifying factor.

Dr. Yaffe presented a keynote at the 13th Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease Conference

“Implementing the lessons of epidemiology” Kristine Yaffe, MD Scola Endowed Chair and Vice Chair, Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology and Epidemiology, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California – USA

CNN reports on Drs. Bock and Yaffe's findings on apathy and risk of dementia

(CNN) Apathy, a decrease in motivation and goal-directed behavior, in older adults could lead to an increased risk of developing dementia, according to a new study. Finding ways to treat apathy could be key in slowing neurodegeneration as we age, according to the study, published Wednesday by...