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Coffee or tea? Drinking both tied to lower stroke, dementia risk
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- Kelli Whitlock Burton
Drinking coffee or tea reduces the risk for stroke and dementia. But drinking both reduces stroke risk by 30% and dementia risk by 28%.
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City or country life? Genetic risk for mental illness may decide
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- Kelli Whitlock Burton
“It’s not as simple as saying that urban environment is responsible for schizophrenia and everyone should move out of urban environments and they...
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Sleep time ‘sweet spot’ to slow cognitive decline identified?
- Author:
- Kelli Whitlock Burton
Older adults who slept less than 4.5 hours or more than 6.5 hours a night reported significant cognitive decline over time.
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Autism prevalence in children as high as 10% in some New Jersey communities
- Author:
- Kelli Whitlock Burton
School districts with higher ASD prevalence in the study have expansive health and educational programs in place to diagnose and support children...
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Sleep time ‘sweet spot’ to slow cognitive decline identified?
- Author:
- Kelli Whitlock Burton
The findings suggest that sleep may be a marker for Alzheimer’s disease progression.
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Good news, bad news for buprenorphine in opioid use disorder
- Author:
- Kelli Whitlock Burton
The findings “underscore the need to pursue actions that expand access to buprenorphine-based OUD treatment,” said Dr. Beth Han and associates.
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Sleep problems in mental illness highly pervasive
- Author:
- Kelli Whitlock Burton
“This suggests there may need to be even more of an emphasis on sleep in these patients than there already is,” said Dr. Michael Wainberg.
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AAN blasts ‘runaway’ costs for neurologic and other prescription drugs
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- Kelli Whitlock Burton
A new position statement from the American Academy of Neurology and other organizations warns that soaring...