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Alzheimer's Blood Test Shows High Diagnostic Accuracy

Commercial ptau-217 assay reduced confirmatory testing by about 80%

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Transparent Brain Implant; Neurology Pay Models; What Predicts Cognitive Reversion

News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

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Face Blindness Is Not Always Permanent

Largest study to date looks at inability to recognize familiar faces

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What Super-Agers Show; Epstein-Barr and Early MS; Five Variants of Alzheimer's

News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

Open Blood-Brain Barrier for Alzheimer's Treatment?; Managing TMD

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Dementia Drugs Seen Lowering Risk for Macular Degeneration

But not by very much or very quickly, VA analysis finds

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Opening Blood-Brain Barrier to Deliver Alzheimer's Drug Shows Promise

Focused ultrasound helped aducanumab reduce amyloid-beta levels

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Novel Alzheimer's Trials Evaluate Senolytics, Semaglutide, CRISPR, and More

Looking ahead to 2024 and beyond: "There is so much more to be done"

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Midlife Alzheimer's Biomarker; How Measles Spread in the Brain; MS and HIV

News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

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Dementia and Estrogen; Case Report on Fatality After Lecanemab; MRI-Based Brain Age

News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

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Twins and Dementia; CRISPR and Alzheimer's; BTK Inhibitor Fails in MS Trials

News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

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Alzheimer's Blood Test Predicts Who Might Benefit Most From Anti-Amyloid Drugs

Novel two-cutoff approach may reduce need for confirmatory PET scans

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Personality Predictors of Dementia; Parkinson's Blood Test; Klotho in Alzheimer's

News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

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Coronary Heart Disease by Age 45 Linked With Subsequent Dementia

All-cause dementia, Alzheimer's disease, and vascular dementia risks elevated

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Alzheimer's Tied to Military Service; Long COVID Sleepiness; NurOwn Tries Again

News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

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Cognitive Scores Improve With Personal Coaching

Trial shows better outcomes for people at high dementia risk

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Alzheimer's Drug Trials Should Report Effect Sizes, Researchers Say

How effective are anti-amyloid treatments?

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Alzheimer's Vaccines Are Back; Streamlining Prior Authorization; Rare APOE Variant

News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

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Proteins Predict Signs of Alzheimer's Disease

Subclinical health indicators tied to markers of Alzheimer's and neurodegeneration

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Hippocampal Atrophy Might Not Signal Alzheimer's Disease

Measuring tau and hippocampus in addition to amyloid may improve Alzheimer's diagnosis

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Gantenerumab Failed to Slow Cognitive Decline in Early Alzheimer's

Amyloid plaque levels went down, but not enough for clinical benefit

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Handheld Device Detects Alzheimer's Biomarkers; Long COVID Smell Loss; MS Fatigue

News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

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MIND Diet in Midlife Tied to Higher Subcortical Brain Region Volumes

Relationships appear to hold regardless of Alzheimer's genes

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Biological Age Predicts Dementia; APOE4 and Tau Patterns; AI and MS Brain Changes

News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

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Subcutaneous Alzheimer's Drug May Be on the Horizon

Investigational version of lecanemab shows promise, but questions about safety persist

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Alzheimer's Pathology and COVID; Human Brain Cell Maps Unveiled; TCE Ban Proposed

News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

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Chronic Stress and Dementia; Hormones and Brain Health; Dementia Protection Neurons?

News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

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Dianne Feinstein Dies; Prison for Alzheimer's Fraudsters; Kaiser Strike Looming

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 番茄社区 staff

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Theory Slammed as Pseudoscience; TBI and Cardiovascular Risk; AAN Shares Its Vision

News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

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Acrylic Window to the Brain; Chronic Fatigue Discovery; AI Spots Parkinson's Risk

News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

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Telomeres and Dementia; Cell Therapy and Parkinson's; Next Up: In Utero Neurology

News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

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Parkinson's and Plant-Based Diets; AI and Dementia; Why Do Some People Develop ALS?

News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

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Experts Warn on Mixing New Alzheimer's Drug and Antidepressants

Patients starting SSRIs and lecanemab may warrant close monitoring

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Few Early Alzheimer's Patients Qualify for Lecanemab

Inclusion and exclusion criteria whittle down pool of eligible treatment candidates

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Alzheimer's Protector Genes; West Nile and MS; What a 101-Year-Old Neurologist Eats

News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

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Quest's Alzheimer's Blood Test Has Experts Concerned

"Patients will have a difficult time knowing what the results mean"

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Hand Motions Predict Memory Impairment; APOE4 Smell Loss; Alzheimer's Drug Guidance

News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

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CMS Announces New Dementia Care Model for Medicare Patients

Aims to provide more coordinated, ongoing care

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Proteins Predict Dementia; Brain Function in Long COVID; Pregabalin Plus Opioids

News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

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Alzheimer's Blood Tests May Improve Primary Care Diagnoses

Without biomarkers, primary care doctors correctly identified Alzheimer's in about 55% of cases

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