Clinical trial · Supplements / medicine · 6 Sept 2026
This lifestyle program improved cognition 55% more than basic health advice
Source: ScienceDaily
What the research found
Study (randomized trial). LatAm-FINGERS, presented at AAIC 2026 and published in The Lancet, followed 1,065 older adults at 12 sites in 11 Latin American countries for two years. A structured program (coached exercise including salsa and tango, a locally adapted MIND diet, cognitive training, vascular-risk checks, and 38 group meetings) produced a 55% greater gain on a global cognition composite than a lighter education arm. Memory, executive function, and processing speed also improved more with coaching. This is risk-reduction research, not a dementia cure and not a supplement protocol.
Evidence level: Clinical trial. This is among the stronger kinds of evidence, but one study rarely settles a question.
More supplements / medicine news
- In mice, the experimental drug KCL-286 reduced DNA breaks and brain inflammation in an Alzheimer's model
- In aged rats, two weeks of the experimental drug cinaciguat cut circulating amyloid-beta about in half and brought LDL down to youthful levels
- In 104 people with a sudden retinal-artery blockage, papaverine use lined up with better functional vision in a retrospective comparison
- A Cell Metabolism letter questions whether a fasting GLP-1 level shows how many gut L-cells a person has
- In FDA reports, caffeine and stimulant supplement use was tied to cardiac arrest about 11 times more often, and 45 percent of those cardiovascular reports were ages 18 to 34