Alzheimer's & Cognition
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Good news: ‘fibrofog’ doesn’t portend Alzheimer’s
Major finding: Fibromyalgia patients who had recent onset of the constellation of cognitive dysfunction complaints known as fibrofog did not score...
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Memantine helped to delay driving impairment in early Alzheimer’s
Major finding: In terms of driving ability, 100% of patients in the memantine group remained the same or improved, compared with 75% of those in...
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Nerve growth factor gene therapy delivered safely in Alzheimer’s patients
Major finding: At 24 months, human nerve growth factor gene therapy via bilateral stereotactic injection into the nucleus basalis of Meynert was...
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Small study: TBI leads to rapid deposition of brain amyloid
Major finding: Amyloid was located with significantly greater concentration in the cortical gray matter and striatum of TBI patients, compared...
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Don’t ignore headaches in teens with bipolar disorder
Major finding: Teenagers with headaches had significantly greater identity confusion (P = .026) as measured by the LPI, and anger/depression (P...
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FDA okays flutemetamol for color-enhanced amyloid imaging
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Breast cancer hormone therapy may affect cognitive function
Major finding: The odds of any decline in cognitive function were significantly higher in patients on hormone therapy (OR, 7.7), compared with...
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Deep brain stimulation shows early promise for depression
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Extended delirium raises cognitive risk in critically ill
Major finding: Neuropsychological status scores averaged 6.3 points lower at 3 months in patients who experienced 5 days of delirium vs.
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Amyloid imaging scans limited to specific patients in clinical trials
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Cranial radiotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia linked to impaired neurocognition
Major finding: Compared with controls, survivors who had cranial radiotherapy had significant reductions in white matter integrity and lower...