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Lead exposure still a global health burden
Estimates place lead exposure on a par with ambient particulate matter and household air pollution combined, and ahead of unsafe household...
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Sedentary lifestyle tied to increased dementia risk
Dementia risk was elevated whether participants were sedentary for 10 uninterrupted hours or multiple sedentary periods that totaled 10 hours over...
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Abdominal fat linked to lower brain volume in midlife
“Overall, we found that both subcutaneous and visceral fat has similar levels of negative relationships with brain volumes.”
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CTE common among young athletes in largest brain donor study
“A lot of people think CTE is a result of high-level, professional play such as football, ice hockey, and boxing, but it can affect amateur...
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Which factors distinguish superagers from the rest of us?
The superagers indicated that generally they had been more active than the control subjects during their middle years.
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A new and completely different pain medicine
Patients assigned to the highest dose of VX-548 had a statistically significant lower cumulative amount of pain in the 48 hours after surgery.
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Depression at any stage of life tied to increased dementia risk
The double risk persists regardless of when in life depression is diagnosed.
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Medicare to pay for at-home dementia care coordination
The program is voluntary and will be open to Medicare-enrolled clinicians and other providers who can assemble an interdisciplinary care team and...
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New Alzheimer’s drugs: Setting realistic expectations
Most patients living with Alzheimer’s disease will not qualify for treatment with these drugs, and those who do may suffer serious side effects....
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No cognitive benefit from meditation, learning a language?
The findings contradict the researchers’ earlier work that found mindfulness meditation boosted cognitive function in older adults with subjective...