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Conference News Roundup—European Society of Cardiology
Low socioeconomic status is associated with a higher risk of a second heart attack or stroke, according to Joel Ohm, MD, a physician at the...
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Occupational Complexity May Protect Cognition in People at Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease
TORONTO—High levels of occupational complexity, specifically related to work with people, enable individuals to maintain normal cognition despite...
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Mentally Stimulating Lifestyle May Protect Cognition From the Effects of a Poor Diet
TORONTO—A mentally stimulating lifestyle may help to increase resilience to cognitive decline despite an unhealthy diet, according to research...
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Evaluation of Cortical Lesions Could Improve Diagnosis of MS
LONDON—Evaluation of cortical lesions improves the specificity of the diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis (MS), according to research...
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Smoking, vitamin D deficiency linked to early MS disability
LONDON – Severe vitamin D deficiency and current smoking predicted accumulated disability in patients with clinically isolated syndrome, which can...
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Can Treating Neuroinflammation in REM Sleep Behavior Disorder Delay Parkinson’s Disease Onset?
PORTLAND, OR—In patients with idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder, microglial activation is increased in the substantia nigra, compared with...
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How Do Diet, Exercise, and Supplements Affect Parkinson’s Disease Progression?
PORTLAND, OR—Among patients with Parkinson’s disease, eating foods common in a Mediterranean diet and exercising regularly are associated with...
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Fluoxetine fails to slow progressive multiple sclerosis
LONDON – Contrary to expectation of a neuroprotective benefit, fluoxetine does not slow down the progressive phase of multiple sclerosis,...
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Neuronal protein could be multiple sclerosis blood biomarker
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Retinal Measurements Predict 10-Year Disability in MS
LONDON—As has been previously shown with brain atrophy and lesion volume, retinal measures can have predictive value for medium-term disability in...
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Can Neurologists Predict Long-Term Disability Trajectories in Primary Progressive MS?
LONDON—A dynamic model based on long-term observations and a statistical modeling approach can help neurologists predict the future disability...