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- Aluminum Should Be Considered a Primary Etiological Factor in Alzheimer’s https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-alzheimers-disease-reports/adr170010 2 comments
- World's Lightest ExoSkeleton called ExoBand is a passive wearable device as a Walking Aid that helps Neuromuscular Disorder Patients walk better https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-neuromuscular-diseases/jnd240021 7 comments science
- Pomegranate seed oil boosts brain function in mild cognitive impairment. Five drops of PSO consumed along with MeDi over a year were found to protect against cognitive decline significantly and, in some cases, even improve cognitive performance in the case-cohort https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-alzheimers-disease/jad231100 32 comments science
- Taking sleeping pills can increase the risk of dementia by almost 80%. Race Differences in the Association Between Sleep Medication Use and Risk of Dementia https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-alzheimers-disease/jad221006#a 343 comments science
- Tea Consumption Is Associated with Reduced Cognitive Decline and Interacts with Iron Intake: A Population-Based Longitudinal Study on 4,820 Old Adults https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-alzheimers-disease/jad220344 36 comments science
- Association of COVID-19 with New-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease: Older people who were infected with COVID-19 show substantially higher risk—as much as 50% to 80% higher than a control group—of developing Alzheimer's disease within a year https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-alzheimers-disease/jad220717 59 comments science
- A nine month trial of a mild ketogenic plant-rich diet led by Dr Dale Bredesen provided statistically significant outcomes in 25 Alzheimer patients within MoCA scores, CNS Vital Signs Neurocognitive Index, and Alzheimer’s Questionnaire Change score. No serious adverse events were reported. https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-alzheimers-disease/jad215707 26 comments science
- Common viruses may be triggering the onset of Alzheimer’s disease https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-alzheimers-disease/jad220287 15 comments science
- Seniors' willingness to give money is associated with the early-stage cognitive indicators of Alzheimer's disease https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-alzheimers-disease/jad220187 16 comments science
- Alteration of Gut Microbiota in Alzheimer’s Disease. The current work highlighted a significant relationship between AD and gut microbiota dysbiosis. A higher abundance of Prevotella species and lactic acid bacteria was correlated with cognition. https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-alzheimers-disease/jad220176 10 comments science
- Alzheimer’s could be caused by damage to a protective barrier in the body that allows fatty substances to build up in the brain. The ‘Lipid Invasion Model’ argues that lipids entering the brain due to damage to the blood brain barrier is the determining cause of the degenerative disease. https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-alzheimers-disease-reports/adr210299 87 comments science
- Diagnostic criteria for enduring sexual dysfunction after treatment with antidepressants, raising more questions about the long term effects of medications even after discontinuation. [April, 2021] https://content.iospress.com/articles/international-journal-of-risk-and-safety-in-medicine/jrs210023 2 comments futurology
- Causal Relationships Between Relative Intake from the Macronutrients and Alzheimer’s Disease: A Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization Study https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-alzheimers-disease/jad215535 6 comments science
- Diagnostic criteria for enduring sexual dysfunction after treatment with antidepressants, finasteride and isotretinoin. Raising more questions about the long term effects of medications even after discontinuation. [April, 2021] https://content.iospress.com/articles/international-journal-of-risk-and-safety-in-medicine/jrs210023 3 comments futurology
- Diagnostic criteria for enduring sexual dysfunction after treatment with antidepressants, finasteride and isotretinoin https://content.iospress.com/articles/international-journal-of-risk-and-safety-in-medicine/jrs210023 2 comments science
- Cognitive deficits as a result of long-COVID can be significantly improved within 3 – 4 days following alternating non-invasive brain stimulation using microcurrents. This study is important because about 20-30% of recovered COVID-19 patients develop significant cognitive deficits. https://content.iospress.com/articles/restorative-neurology-and-neuroscience/rnn211249 24 comments science
- An international team of 37 researchers proposed diagnostic criteria for three similar iatrogenic syndromes caused by different drug classes: Post-SSRI Sexual Dysfunction (PSSD), Post-Finasteride Syndrome (PFS) and Post-Isotretinoin Syndrome. Full Text https://content.iospress.com/articles/international-journal-of-risk-and-safety-in-medicine/jrs210023 2 comments science
- A large international team of researchers proposes for the first time diagnostic criteria for permanent sexual dysfunction caused by the SSRI/SNRI antidepressants, finasteride and isotretinoin. https://content.iospress.com/articles/international-journal-of-risk-and-safety-in-medicine/jrs210023 67 comments science
- MIND Diet, Common Brain Pathologies, and Cognition in Community-Dwelling Older Adults https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-alzheimers-disease/jad210107 3 comments science
- A results based system for rating individual football players, independent of position https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-sports-analytics/jsa200411 9 comments soccer
- Low Doses of Ionizing Radiation as a Treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease: A Pilot Study https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-alzheimers-disease/jad200620 5 comments science
- Exposure to air pollution in childhood is linked to a decline in thinking skills in later life. Findings showed exposure to air pollution in childhood had a small but detectable association with worse cognitive change between the ages of 11 and 70 years. https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-alzheimers-disease/jad200910 3 comments science
- Promising Drug in Rapidly Progressing Dementia: Hydromethylthione reduced the rate of clinical decline and brain atrophy by almost 50% in certain patients during the phase 3 drug trial. https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-alzheimers-disease/jad191173?resultnumber=1&totalresults=6609&start=0&q=concentration-dependent+activity+of+hydromethylthionine&resultspagesize=10&rows=10 12 comments science
- NP03, a Microdose Lithium Formulation, Blunts Early Amyloid Post-Plaque Neuropathology in McGill-R-Thy1-APP Alzheimer-Like Transgenic Rats https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-alzheimers-disease/jad190862 8 comments science
- Microdose Lithium Formulation, Blunts Early Amyloid Post-Plaque Neuropathology in Alzheimer-Like Transgenic Rats https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-alzheimers-disease/jad190862 17 comments science
- Conceptual question about Survival Analysis: how to define a stop https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-sports-analytics/jsa259 6 comments statistics
- Study (Journal of Sports Analytics): NBA sustains greatest financial loss among US sports leagues due to overlap with NHL playoffs and MLB season. Will we soon see the playoffs moved into late June? https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-sports-analytics/jsa117 23 comments nba
- Herpes Viruses and Senile Dementia: First Population Evidence for a Causal Link. When Taiwanese authors looked at subjects who suffered severe herpes infection and were treated aggressively with antivirals, the relative risk of dementia was reduced by a factor of 10. https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-alzheimers-disease/jad180266 12 comments science
- Documents reveal Monsanto-sponsored ghostwriting of articles published in toxicology journals and the lay media, interference in the peer review process, behind-the-scenes influence on retraction and the creation of a so-called academic website as a front for the defense of Monsanto products. https://content.iospress.com/articles/international-journal-of-risk-and-safety-in-medicine/jrs180028 111 comments science
- Alzheimer’s Amyloid-β is an Antimicrobial Peptide: A Review of the Evidence https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-alzheimers-disease/jad171133 3 comments science
- Neuroscientists have successfully carried out studies suggesting that, if started early enough, a daily regimen of the non-prescription NSAID (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug) ibuprofen can prevent the onset of Alzheimer's disease. https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-alzheimers-disease/jad179913 50 comments science
- Study finds that an interaction between cytomegalovirus and herpes simplex virus type 1 was significantly associated with the development of Alzheimer's disease. https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-alzheimers-disease/jad161305 5 comments science
- Older adults who consume alcohol moderately on a regular basis are more likely to live to the age of 85 without dementia or other cognitive impairments than non-drinkers, according to a new study. http://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-alzheimers-disease/jad161153 15 comments science
- Aluminum Should Now Be Considered a Primary Etiological Factor in Alzheimer’s Disease http://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-alzheimers-disease-reports/adr170010 4 comments science
- Using Saliva Biomarkers to Diagnose Alzheimer's Disease http://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-alzheimers-disease/jad161226 3 comments science
- New System for Rankings http://content.iospress.com/articles/icga-journal/icg0012 5 comments chess
- These sets of data strongly suggest that THC could be a potential therapeutic treatment option for Alzheimer's disease through multiple functions and pathways. http://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-alzheimers-disease/jad140093 12 comments science
- "When do soccer players peak?" Interesting study by an economics professor in the US http://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-sports-analytics/jsa0021 47 comments soccer
- Unraveling Alzheimer’s: Making Sense of the Relationship between Diabetes and Alzheimer’s Disease1 http://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-alzheimers-disease/jad150980 4 comments science
- No referee bias in the NBA: New evidence with leagues’ assessment data http://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-sports-analytics/jsa0012 35 comments nba