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January 20, 2021

Blood Biomarker May Predict Alzheimer’s Disease Progression Blood Biomarker May Predict Alzheimer’s Disease Progression

Plasma levels of phosphorylated tau at threonine 181 (p-tau181) may provide a means of monitoring disease progression for patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), new research suggests. In […]
January 20, 2021

Potential Treatment for Autism or Not? Potential Treatment for Autism or Not?

A journal has issued an expression of concern for a 2014 paper on a study of a potential treatment for autism. The article, by a group […]
January 18, 2021

Type of Alzheimer’s With Intact Memory Offers New Research Paths Type of Alzheimer’s With Intact Memory Offers New Research Paths

Patients with a rare type of Alzheimer’s disease do not show the memory loss characteristic of the condition even over the long term, new research suggests. […]
January 15, 2021

Exercise at Midlife Linked to Better Brain Health in Late Life Exercise at Midlife Linked to Better Brain Health in Late Life

Higher levels of leisure-time physical activity in midlife are associated with a lower risk for cerebrovascular problems in later life, an analysis of data from a […]
January 14, 2021

Score Aids Treatment Decision in Mild Large-Vessel Stroke Score Aids Treatment Decision in Mild Large-Vessel Stroke

Patents who experience an ischemic stroke and who have a large-vessel occlusion but only mild symptoms are at “substantial” risk for early neurologic deterioration after thrombolysis, […]
January 14, 2021

FDA Clears First Rapid Handheld Blood Test for Concussion FDA Clears First Rapid Handheld Blood Test for Concussion

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first rapid handheld blood test for suspected mild traumatic brain injury (TBI), the company has announced. The […]
January 12, 2021

Vitamins C and E Linked to Reduced Risk for Parkinson’s Disease Vitamins C and E Linked to Reduced Risk for Parkinson’s Disease

Higher intake of vitamins C and E was associated with a reduced risk for Parkinson’s disease (PD) in an analysis of a national cohort study. Higher […]
January 11, 2021

Orthostatic Headache? Consider Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension Orthostatic Headache? Consider Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension

For many patients with debilitating headaches caused by spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH), their condition is not diagnosed or treated because of a lack of awareness about […]
January 11, 2021

Positive Topline Data for Lilly’s Donanemab in Early Alzheimer’s Positive Topline Data for Lilly’s Donanemab in Early Alzheimer’s

Donanemab (Eli Lilly), an investigational antiamyloid therapy, significantly slowed decline in a composite measure of cognition and daily function in patients with early symptomatic Alzheimer’s disease […]
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