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<乌鸦传媒>Primary Progressive Aphasia in Alzheimer's Doesn't Foretell Memory Loss

No memory decline over more than 2 years in small study, though speech deficits grew

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<乌鸦传媒>Altered Mental State Tied to COVID-19 Mortality

In-hospital deaths higher, even when pulmonary problems were not severe

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<乌鸦传媒>Language Predicts Alzheimer's Onset

AI model uses linguistic dysfunction to spot future dementia

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<乌鸦传媒>Soy Metabolite Tied to Dementia Risk Factor

Equol production linked to lower white matter lesion levels

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<乌鸦传媒>More Evidence for Cognitive Benefits With Metformin in T2D

Prospective study followed more than 1,000 older patients for 6 years

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<乌鸦传媒>Baseball Hall of Famer Dies of Lewy Body Dementia and COVID-19

Understanding Tom Seaver's disease

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<乌鸦传媒>Trial: Drug Induces, Maintains Dementia-Related Psychosis Remission

Results pave way for Nuplazid label expansion

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<乌鸦传媒>Ethics Consult: Keep Patient on Feeding Tube After Dementia Dx? MD/JD Weighs In

You voted, now see the results and an expert's response

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<乌鸦传媒>Dementia Deaths Vastly Undercounted, Study Suggests

And as a result, healthcare resources may need realignment

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<乌鸦传媒>Dementia Patients Often Get Psychotropic Drugs, Opioids

Community use of these drugs "has been a real blind spot"

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<乌鸦传媒>Hearing Loss Tied to Dementia Pathology

Tau tangles seen in cognitively normal adults with hearing impairment

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<乌鸦传媒>ARB Slows Cognitive Decline in Trial... But How?

Consequence of lowered blood pressure, or perhaps a direct effect -- or just a fluke

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<乌鸦传媒>Lifestyle, Policy Changes Could Make Big Dent in Dementia Burden

Report identifies 12 modifiable risk factors

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<乌鸦传媒>Alzheimer's Blood Test Shows Same Accuracy as Imaging Markers

p-tau217 may be "a real game changer"

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<乌鸦传媒>Infections Tied to Increased Mortality in Dementia Patients

Death rates higher even 10 years later, Danish study shows

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<乌鸦传媒>Flu, Pneumonia Vaccines Tied to Lower Alzheimer's Risk

Older adults vaccinated against pneumonia have nearly 40% less Alzheimer's risk later in life

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<乌鸦传媒>Dementia Tied to Olfaction; Preclinical Alzheimer's Trial; Guillain-Barr茅 and COVID-19

News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

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<乌鸦传媒>HDL Protein Linked to Lower Dementia Risk

Findings extend associations from cardiovascular disease to dementia

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<乌鸦传媒>Does Delirium Cause Long-Term Cognitive Decline?

Analysis has "great implications in the COVID era"

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<乌鸦传媒>Alzheimer's May Develop Differently in Women

Brain changes appear years earlier in women than in men, imaging shows

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<乌鸦传媒>A Diabetes Drug That Slows Cognitive Decline?

Trulicity analysis hints at dementia prevention

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<乌鸦传媒>Dementia Linked to Previous Migraine History

Midlife migraine diagnosis boosted dementia rate by 50%, Danish study shows

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<乌鸦传媒>Strange Sips, Steps Raise Concerns About Trump's Health

CNN's Gupta: "A lot of clues, but no conclusions"

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<乌鸦传媒>Repetitive Negative Thinking Linked With Alzheimer's Pathology

Rumination, worry tied to amyloid, tau, and cognitive decline

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<乌鸦传媒>Alzheimer鈥檚 Tau Tracer Wins Landmark Approval

"Major advance" toward diagnosing Alzheimer's with brain imaging

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<乌鸦传媒>Silent Infarcts Often Defy Anticoagulation in Seniors With Afib

Swiss study found surprising link to cognition from these clinically 'invisible' events

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<乌鸦传媒>Adverse Childhood Events Tied to Dementia

Physical, psychological abuse emerge as factors in Japanese study

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<乌鸦传媒>Neurology Patients Have Higher Suicide Rates

While suicide is rare, some disorders carry five times more risk

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<乌鸦传媒>Mandatory Testing Shows Cognitive Deficits in Late-Career Clinicians

About 13% show problems likely to impair their ability to practice medicine

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<乌鸦传媒>Muscle Relaxant Tied to Severe Confusion in CKD Patients

Higher dose of baclofen associated with encephalopathy in older patients

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<乌鸦传媒>Can Walking Identify Alzheimer's Disease?

Gait impairment may be unique between different dementia types

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<乌鸦传媒>Alzheimer鈥檚 Disease Linked to Altered Liver Enzymes

"We have focused for too long on studying the brain in isolation"

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<乌鸦传媒>Alzheimer's Insulin Study Puzzles Researchers

Open-label extension shows a prolonged positive effect on cognition, but only in a subset

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<乌鸦传媒>Does Alzheimer's Disease Stem From Infection?

Scientists debate, and one company targets gingivitis bacterium to slow Alzheimer's progression

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<乌鸦传媒>Mentally Stimulating Activities and Cognitive Impairment

Can certain late-life activities help the aging brain?

<乌鸦传媒>Jellyfish Memory Supplement Prevagen Called 'Clear-Cut Fraud'

Stop buying useless brain supplements, the Skeptical Cardiologist says

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<乌鸦传媒>Baseball Great Dies of Lewy Body Dementia

So, what is the disease that took Bill Buckner's life?

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<乌鸦传媒>Antipsychotic Scores Win as Add-On Depression Therapy

Pimavanserin significantly improved HAMD-17 scores starting at 1 week

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<乌鸦传媒>Meet the MicroCog. You May Soon, Whether You Like It or Not

Docs worry about accuracy of commonly used cognitive screening tool

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<乌鸦传媒>'13 Reasons Why' Suicide Spike; Sleeping Pill Warning; Bipolar Genes

News and commentary from the psychiatry world

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