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A 7-year study showed that increased sedentary time—such as sitting or lying down—was linked with neurodegeneration and worse cognitive scores in older adults, even among those who exercised regularly. @MedPageNeuro
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New research suggests that unmarried people may have a lower risk of dementia than those who are married, according to a study of 24,000 participants from the National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center. @MedPageNeuro
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Longitudinal data from the Whitehall II cohort study in England showed that a healthier diet and lower waist-to-hip ratio in midlife were linked to better brain and cognitive health in older age. @MedpageNeuro
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Mutation Carrier Escapes Early Alzheimer's; TIA and Cognition; Selma Blair's MS
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Diets higher in inflammatory foods were tied to an increased incidence of #dementia in older adults, longitudinal data from the Framingham Heart Study Offspring cohort showed. @MedPageNeuro
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"Is it safe to hit a kid in the head 200 times?" -- @ChrisNowinski1, of @ConcussionLF, discussing head trauma in youth #football. @MedPageNeuro
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"The only side effects are good ones." -- @DeanOrnishMD, of @UCSFMedicine, discussing an intensive lifestyle intervention that may help slow early #AlzheimersDisease. @MedPageNeuro
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In 2024, researchers advanced brain health, while the Oxford English Dictionary dubbed it the year of "brain rot," highlighting the effects of excessive trivial social media use. @MedPageNeuro
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"This is absurd, a real misuse of numbers and safety data." -- @LonSchneiderMD, of @KECKSchool_USC, discussing a preprint that did not give a reliable picture about deaths associated with anti-amyloid #Alzheimers drugs. @MedPageNeuro
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Observational data indicated that semaglutide (#Ozempic) was tied to a reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease diagnoses in individuals with type 2 diabetes. @MedPageNeuro
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"We really should be looking at the non-coding genome, the other 3.6 billion base pairs in the genome." -- @CarvillLab, of @NUFeinbergMed, discussing a pediatric #neurology syndrome not previously identified. @MedPageNeuro
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"Midlife is when accumulating damage becomes more easily detectable." -- Nicolas Cherbuin, PhD, of the Australian National University, discussing poor midlife #sleep and #brain aging. @MedPageNeuro
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