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CONCLUSION: Sensory impairment, particularly dual sensory impairment, was most consistently associated with early cognitive deterioration and reduced cognitive recovery. It was not consistently associated with higher dementia progression or mortality transition rates. Death-inclusive multistate modeling may help identify where potentially modifiable sensory impairment is related to cognitive ageing trajectories.

INTRODUCTION: Despite growing interest in age-related cortical mechanisms of postural control, heterogeneity across studies has limited the synthesis of existing evidence. This systematic review aimed to (1) characterize age-related alterations in cortical activity during standing balance tasks with sensory, cognitive, and mechanical challenges; (2) examine the association between cortical activity and postural sway; and (3) characterize the current methodology of assessing cortical activity...

Aging is associated with declining protective immunity and increased autoreactivity, yet the mechanisms linking these processes remain incompletely understood. B lymphocytes are central to this paradox because they integrate antigen recognition, innate signaling, and differentiation under tightly regulated tolerance checkpoints. This review advances the hypothesis that aging appears to drive a progressive, B cell-intrinsic relaxation of central and peripheral tolerance, leading to the...

Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) represents a heterogeneous clinical state where some individuals remain stable while others progress to dementia. Identification of patients who are at high risk for near-term conversion remains a critical challenge for timely intervention. We developed an explainable multimodal machine-learning framework to predict progression from MCI to dementia within a clinically meaningful two-year period. We analyzed 2008 samples from 828 unique MCI subjects from the...

CONCLUSION: Faster gait speed was associated with a lower risk of mortality in adults aged 90 and older. These results were consistent across gender, race/ethnicity, and assistive device use, but differed by age group. Routine gait speed assessment may serve as a simple clinical tool to identify oldest-old adults at higher risk of mortality.