Here’s how toxic tau proteins are on brain cells … Wegovy could battle brain inflammation, study finds … Former football players have brain lesions linked to dementia markers … Corticosteroids...
Older adults’ brain health declined more quickly than normal during pandemic, study shows
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Kristen Fischer
Nov 02, 2023
People ages 50 to 80 saw brain health deteriorate more quickly during the pandemic even if they didn’t have COVID-19, a new study shows.
Study: Lack of access to green space may affect brain health
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Kristen Fischer
Oct 27, 2023
Green spaces — even that small garden outside a nursing home — can have some big benefits for older adults in terms of their brain health. A new study finds that lack of access to green space, along...
Clinical briefs for Wed, Oct. 4
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Kristen Fischer
Oct 04, 2023
Some injections don’t work for osteoarthritis in hands … Efforts to reduce generic, biosimilar drug prices largely lacking, report finds … Study to gauge lifestyle factors, brain health … Researchers...
Clinical briefs for Monday, Oct. 2
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Kristen Fischer
Oct 02, 2023
COVID-19, RSV vaccine hesitancy concerns infectious disease experts … HHS invests $104 million in antibiotic resistance initiative … People with these neurons may thwart cognitive decline … Dietary...
Brains of people with Alzheimer’s are low on some antioxidants, study finds
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Kristen Fischer
Aug 16, 2023
People with Alzheimer’s disease have half the levels of certain antioxidants compared to people without the disease, according to a new study.
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, Aug. 2
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Kristen Fischer
Aug 02, 2023
Researchers studying headband device for Alzheimer’s disease … Some older brains have changes in oxygen levels, neural activity … More than 2M people have inflammatory bowel disease … Feds release...
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, July 25
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Kristen Fischer
Jul 25, 2023
Dementia risk tied to blood-protein imbalance … Costly Alzheimer’s drugs come with uncertainty … Why it’s vital to diversify and provide emergency care for older adults … Here’s a drug combo...
Clinical briefs for Friday, July 21
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Kristen
Kristen Fischer
Jul 21, 2023
CMS proposes nixing PET scan limits, which could make it easier to access Leqembi … Here’s how diabetes impairs eye healing … Semaglutide diabetes med safe in adults over 55 … Be patient if you...
Music intervention rejuvenates certain regions of the older brain: study
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 24, 2023
Listening to music and playing a musical instrument may help to avert brain aging in the areas related to these actions, researchers in Switzerland and Germany have found.