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Cognitively Healthy Centenarians; Seizures and COVID Vax; New AAN Statement

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Cognitively healthy centenarians appeared to be disease, genome-wide association studies showed. (Alzheimer's and Dementia)

Steve Gleason, a former NFL player (ALS) more than a decade ago, published a memoir he typed with his eyes. (New York Times)

Cerebral microbleeds appeared to be in the general population. (Brain Communications)

Researchers identified a genetic cause of . (Nature Genetics)

The proportion of life spent in Canada was tied to the (MS) in permanent immigrants. (Neurology)

The was not significantly different between SARS-CoV-2 vaccine recipients and placebo recipients, a meta-analysis of clinical trial data showed. (JAMA Neurology)

Labcorp announced a new commercial (GFAP), which the company said could be used in MS, Alzheimer's disease, glioblastoma, or traumatic brain injury.

Meanwhile, Quest Diagnostics added a commercial for Alzheimer's to its line-up.

The American Academy of Neurology issued a on the term "excited delirium."

NBA player Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers was . (AP)

More research confirmed that acid-suppression therapy -- proton pump inhibitors and histamine H2 receptor antagonists -- and severe headache. (Neurology Clinical Practice)

  • Judy George covers neurology and neuroscience news for ѻý, writing about brain aging, Alzheimer’s, dementia, MS, rare diseases, epilepsy, autism, headache, stroke, Parkinson’s, ALS, concussion, CTE, sleep, pain, and more.