He also was not involved in the new study but is a researcher focused on risk prevention for Alzheimer's disease.
Masliah, who was not involved in the study, said that there's evidence that Covid-19 might "trigger cognitive impairment," but there are new ways to confirm the link to Alzheimer's specifically.One next step would be to follow people at risk for Alzheimer's after a Covid-19 infection long-term to track biomarkers found in the blood and brain scans."Alzheimer's disease is a serious and challenging disease, and we thought we had turned some of the tide on it by reducing general risk factors such as hypertension, heart disease, obesity and a sedentary lifestyle," said Dr.