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Patients with post-COVID cognitive symptoms may have gliosis
“This is an important initial step to better understand the neuropsychiatric consequences of COVID even in only a mild and moderate viral illness...
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Are periodontitis, stroke, and Alzheimer’s disease linked?
Observational studies have shown that those who have had an ischemic stroke and have a confirmed diagnosis of periodontitis are at greater risk of...
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Novel cannabis oil curbs tics in severe Tourette’s
“Cannabinoids are a biologically plausible therapeutic agent. The body’s own ‘endocannabinoid’ receptors are concentrated in the basal ganglia –...
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Multiple sclerosis has a misdiagnosis problem
Experts warn that false-negative diagnoses cause treatment delays, while false-positive diagnoses run the risk for potential harm from needless...
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‘Impressive’ results for intranasal ketamine in chronic, refractory migraine
“If anything works, even partially and shortly, it may still give patients some relief to get through the day.”
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Daily multivitamins boost memory in older adults: A randomized trial
Multivitamin supplementation holds promise as a safe, accessible, and affordable approach to protecting cognitive health in older adults.
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No apparent drug interaction with ozanimod and antidepressants
Patients with MS who are taking SSRIs or SNRIs had lower rates of hypertension and adverse events potentially related to serotonin than patients...
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Immediate statin after acute stroke reduces disability
It was “safe, with no increased risk of bleeding, hepatotoxicity, or muscle toxicity.”
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Muscle fat: A new risk factor for cognitive decline?
“Increasing adiposity – or fat deposition – in skeletal muscles predicted faster cognitive decline, irrespective of demographics or other disease...
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Blood biomarker may help predict who will develop Alzheimer’s
At this point, the biomarker is a research tool, but its application in clinical practice “is not very far away.”