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Smell loss may be a biomarker of Alzheimer’s disease risk
Rapidly deteriorating performance on serial smell tests not only predicted Alzheimer’s disease among cognitively normal adults, but corresponded...
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Novel guidance informs plasma biomarker use for Alzheimer’s disease
The Alzheimer’s Association offers guidance for biomarker use in clinical trials and memory clinics.
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ICU stays linked to a doubling of dementia risk
“Health care providers caring for older patients who have experienced a hospitalization for critical illness should be prepared to assess and...
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‘Striking’ disparities in CVD deaths persist across COVID waves
Black Americans have almost threefold higher rates of excess cardiovascular disease mortality than Whites, according to a national analysis of...
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Genetic link adds to gut-brain axis theory in Alzheimer’s disease
The same genes that influence Alzheimer’s disease were found in a host of gut disorders, according to a new study out of Australia.
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Hospital programs tackle mental health effects of long COVID
Patients never hospitalized for COVID-19 still may have persistent symptoms like fatigue, cognitive problems, and mood disorders.
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Metabolic syndrome raises dementia risk in under-60s
A large follow-up study found a link between dementia risk and the number of components of metabolic syndrome a person has a midlife.
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U.S. News issues top hospitals list, now with expanded health equity measures
The 2022 rankings, which marks the 33rd edition, showcase several methodology changes,
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Understanding the neuroscience of narcissism
This study integrates both grandiose and vulnerable narcissism into a common framework with cognitive components connected to these traits.
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Hypertension heightens risk for severe COVID-19, even in the fully vaxxed
Vaccinated and boosted adults with high blood pressure were more than twice likely to be hospitalized for COVID-19 than were those without...
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‘Case closed’: Bridging thrombolysis remains ‘gold standard’ in stroke thrombectomy
Two new noninferiority trials support the continued use of intravenous thrombolysis followed by endovascular thrombectomy for large-vessel...