Neurology
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Longer telomeres tied to better brain health
Longer leucocyte telomere length was associated with a larger volume of global and subcortical gray matter and a larger hippocampus – both of...
Meet the JCOM Author
Meet the JCOM Author with Dr. Barkoudah: Residence Characteristics and Nursing Home Compare Quality Measures
Outcomes Research in Review
The Shifting Landscape of Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Ischemic Stroke
Original Research
Relationships Between Residence Characteristics and Nursing Home Compare Database Quality Measures
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Tooth loss and diabetes together hasten mental decline
The findings of a new study show “the importance of improving access to dental health care and integrating primary dental and medical care,”...
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Mortality risk in epilepsy: New data
“To our knowledge, this is the only study that has assessed the cause-specific mortality risk among people with epilepsy according to age and...
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Restless legs a new modifiable risk factor for dementia?
Restless legs syndrome is associated with poor sleep, depression/anxiety, poor diet, microvasculopathy, and hypoxia.
Opinion
Bruce Willis’ frontotemporal dementia is not your grandpa’s dementia
‘We tend to characterize dementia as the erosion of memory, but FTD is more characterized by the loss of control over emotions and other cognitive...
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What’s driving the "world’s fastest-growing brain disease"?
The chemical trichloroethylene (TCE) is associated with as much as a 500% increased risk for Parkinson’s disease (PD), suggests a new review data...
Opinion
Can particles in dairy and beef cause cancer and MS?
Researchers found single-stranded DNA rings that originated in viruses, which they named bovine meat and milk factors, in the intestines of...