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Alzheimer's Vaccines Are Back; Streamlining Prior Authorization; Rare APOE Variant

News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

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Handheld Device Detects Alzheimer's Biomarkers; Long COVID Smell Loss; MS Fatigue

News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

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Theory Slammed as Pseudoscience; TBI and Cardiovascular Risk; AAN Shares Its Vision

News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

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Hunt for Hospital Inmate Escapees; Florida Slams CDC Guidance; Oktoberfest CT Scans

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 麻豆传媒 staff

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Telomeres and Dementia; Cell Therapy and Parkinson's; Next Up: In Utero Neurology

News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

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Twin Study Ties Cognitive Decline With Earlier Traumatic Brain Injuries

Twins with TBI at age 25 or older had sharper drops in cognition as they aged

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Sen. McConnell Reminds Us That 'Just a Fall' Can Lead to So Much More

Falls should not be taken lightly, especially in older adults

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Parkinson's and Plant-Based Diets; AI and Dementia; Why Do Some People Develop ALS?

News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

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Brain Damage, Including CTE, Seen in Athletes Who Died Young

Cognitive, behavioral symptoms frequent among brain donors under age 30

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Alzheimer's Protector Genes; West Nile and MS; What a 101-Year-Old Neurologist Eats

News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

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Head Hits, Not Concussions, Tied to CTE

Repetitive impact predicted chronic traumatic encephalopathy in American football players

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Addiction Doc Urges Lawmakers to Rethink Methadone Prescribing Restrictions

Suicide prevention in traumatic brain injury survivors also on the docket during hearing

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Brain Amyloid Seen in Young Men With Subconcussive Trauma

Early amyloid accumulation found in military instructors exposed to repetitive blast injuries

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Detecting Alzheimer's in Speech; Manipulating CSF in Humans; Gut Microbiome and MS

News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

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Dementia Risk Higher for Elite Soccer Players

Is heading the ball to blame?

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More Data Suggest Concussion Raises Leg Injury Risk

Causality still unclear but getting harder to argue against

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NFL Concussion Symptoms Tied to Cognitive Function Decades Later

Players with concussion symptoms performed worse on cognitive tests as they aged

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Head Injuries Decrease Long-Term Survival Time

Frequency of head hits, severity of impact raise mortality risk

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College Athletes With Slow Recovery After Concussion May Have Good Prognosis

Most returned to play within 60 days of injury

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Can We Protect Football Players From Head Injury?

The Tua Tagovailoa controversy highlights the need to protect brain health

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Concussion Expert's Papers Retracted

Did misquotations alter concussion science and care?

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The Internal Conflict of Being a Ringside Doctor

The aftermath of a 2019 fight nearly broke me

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Blood Biomarkers Enhance Brain Injury Prognosis

Two studies support prediction of death, severe outcomes after TBI

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Intensity of Football Head Impacts Linked With CTE Risk

Cumulative number and force of hits may be factors

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Evidence of CTE Rare in Military Personnel

Limited number of cases preclude causal conclusions

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Memory Enhancer Succeeds in Phase II Alzheimer's Trial

Novel NMDA-targeted drug would expand options for symptomatic treatment

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Sleep and Light Exposure; Patients Protest CMS Plan; Lamotrigine's Cardiac Risks?

News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

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Concussions Linked to Mental Health Issues in Kids

Higher risks of self-harm and psychiatric hospitalization seen vs orthopedic injury

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Bob Saget's Traumatic Brain Injury

The "Full House" star died from accidental head trauma

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Bad Falls and Bad Calls: Speculation on Bob Saget's Death

Second-guessing the forensic pathologist was bad science and lazy journalism

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Early Seizures After Traumatic Brain Injury Tied to Epilepsy, Mortality

TBI severity, prior comorbidities up risk of early seizures

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Cognitive Effects Persist After Concussion

At 1 year, poor cognitive outcomes were common in people with mild TBI

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Cialis and Brain Blood Flow; Sleep and Media Use; Can Tarantulas Solve Chronic Pain?

News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

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NFL Players More Likely to Be Diagnosed With, Die of ALS

Study finds nearly four-fold increased risk for progressive neurodegenerative disease

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Head Trauma Patients on Blood Thinners Need Surveillance

Delayed intracranial bleeding observed in patients

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Head Trauma Guidelines Often Abandoned for Young Patients in the ED

"There's a lot of room for improvement," researcher says

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HCQ and MS; Guillain-Barre and COVID Vax; Neural Fingerprints Can Tell Who You Are

News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

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TikTok Tics; COVID Vaccines and CVST; Predicting Brain Injury Outcomes

News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

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Brain Implant Translates Neural Signals Into Sentences

Neuroprosthesis decodes input from brain to vocal tract in stroke patient who cannot speak

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ADHD Linked to Kids' Traumatic Brain Injury Severity

But overall, children with ADHD were more likely to experience TBI

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