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

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Parkinson's Patients Have Higher Suicide Risk

About 1 in 5 harbored suicidal thoughts

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Advanced Parkinson's Patient Regains Ability to Walk Confidently

Spinal implant nearly eliminates freezing of gait

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Biological Age Predicts Dementia; APOE4 and Tau Patterns; AI and MS Brain Changes

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Probe of Alzheimer's Researcher Halted; Dementia and Triglycerides; Migraine Genes

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Alzheimer's Pathology and COVID; Human Brain Cell Maps Unveiled; TCE Ban Proposed

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Parkinsonism Case Tied to Welding, Improved With Chelation

How one team pinpointed manganese toxicity and diminished a patient's motor symptoms

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Chronic Stress and Dementia; Hormones and Brain Health; Dementia Protection Neurons?

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Loneliness Tied to Subsequent Parkinson's Risk

Findings support Surgeon General's recent call to improve social connection

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MedPod Today: Big Medical Bill; GLP-1 Agonist Plateau; Grateful Patient Fundraising

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Blood, CSF Marker Detects Parkinsonian Disorders

Enzyme also identified preclinical Lewy body disease

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Acrylic Window to the Brain; Chronic Fatigue Discovery; AI Spots Parkinson's Risk

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

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

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

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Hand Motions Predict Memory Impairment; APOE4 Smell Loss; Alzheimer's Drug Guidance

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Speech Predicts Alzheimer's; Afib and Dementia in Women; Who Gets Lecanemab?

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Parkinson's Linked With Industrial Solvents in Drinking Water

Exposure at age 20 led to 70% higher risk decades later, Camp Lejeune study shows

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More Evidence Links Parkinson's With Autoimmune Disease

Exact mechanism remains speculative, however

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No Pills, No Surgery, No Electrodes for Parkinson's Disease?

Minimally invasive devices to drip dopaminergic drugs edge closer to market

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Parkinson's Biomarker Shows High Accuracy

Assay identifies hallmark protein and could help diagnose people earlier

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

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Nationwide Study Links Parkinson's Disease to Air Pollution

Researchers identify a hot spot in the Mississippi-Ohio River Valley

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Advanced Parkinson's Symptoms Improved With Focused Ultrasound

Pivotal trial shows 3-month improvement, but longer study is needed

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Restless Legs and Opioids; Obesity Brain Changes; Parkinson's Apple Watch

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Epilepsy Drugs May Up Risk of Parkinson's

Strongest association seen for sodium valproate

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Parkinson's Incidence 50% Higher Than Previously Thought

Clusters of Parkinson's disease cases seen in certain U.S. regions

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Brain Iron Chelation Linked With Worse Outcomes in Early Parkinson's

Findings raise caution about iron chelation in neurodegenerative disorders

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Early Signs of Parkinson's May Be Seen Years Before Diagnosis

Skin changes, inflammatory conditions emerge, in addition to well-known features

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New Evidence Sheds Light on Muhammad Ali's Parkinson's Disease

Was boxing to blame?

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Cognitive Decline Quickens After Weight Loss in Early Parkinson's Disease

Early weight gain associated with cognitive changes, too

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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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Some 'Dopamine Bean' Supplements Show High Levels of Parkinson's Drug

Levodopa found in doses similar to those in prescription meds

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Two Strikes and Monoclonal Antibodies Are Out for Early Parkinson's?

Failure of two agents in two phase II trials could spell the end for one avenue of treatment

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Alzheimer's-Gut Links; Long COVID and ME/CFS; ALS Patient Gets Novel Brain Interface

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Sacral Neuromodulation Promising in Neurogenic Lower Urinary Dysfunction

Refractory disease corrected, at least for the short term, in selected neurologic patients

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Hot Human Brains; LATE Prevalence Revealed; Novel ALS Drug Wins Canadian Approval

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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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Hearing Loss, Epilepsy May Be Early Signs of Parkinson's Disease

Known symptoms like tremor spotted in primary care records 10 years before diagnosis

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

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