Yet another study shows a 24% reduced risk of dementia after the Shingles vaccine. This one in over 500,000 participants with a recent skilled nursing facility stay, adding to 4 huge natural experiments in 4 countries (US, Canada, Wales, and Australia)
https://t.co/TmYqwTB7IT @AnnalsofIM
Join Dr Donald Milton, first author of this new BMJ paper, and me this Thursday 11A PT for a Ground Truths podcast on the topic https://t.co/7oONL1L7tv
Doctors have known for decades: the clinical interview is the most important diagnostic tool
Turns out, the same is true for AI
In work led by @breda_joe, @jesunshine, and @danmcduff, we randomized 13,917 Fitbit users across 5 AI strategies for symptom assessment 🧵
We've known the gut-brain axis is a key underpinning of Parkinson's disease. Today, for the 1st time, a gut microbiome signature denoting risk found in healthy individuals with genetic predisposition
@NatureMedicine
https://t.co/oDTItnis5L
Every mammogram should be supported by 3 different AIs for improved detection of cancer, prevention, and risk of heart disease. At no cost to patients.
My new @TheLancet essay reviews the evidence and the lack of implementation
https://t.co/AslAZroL73
🆕@Nature
Genome sequencing of >800,000 people finds Epstein-Barr virus reads and their association with other autoimmune diseases besides multiple sclerosis, including type 1 diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease, and hypothyroidism
https://t.co/FKCV4OInT5
Tylenol during pregnancy is safe without increased risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability of offspring
A new review of the evidence just out
https://t.co/Kjwp1h3PBP
"When it comes to pain, men and women are far from equal."
Highlighting the role of estrogen for amplifying visceral pain sensitivity in the experimental model
@ScienceMagazine
https://t.co/9kSrFif16X
Multiple large natural experiments have documented Shingles vaccine is linked with ~20-25% reduced risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease. A new report today adds to that and extends the to slowing the progression of dementia @CellCellPress
https://t.co/HPJPKzuyan
We've known that Covid increases the risk in survivors of cancer, but today @Nature a mechanism of reactivation of cancer cells elucidated in the experimental model
https://t.co/ra6DQqvgvA
https://t.co/7IdG8GjmiB
“Americans die earlier and are sicker than people in other high-income countries. This has been true for a long time, and the trend is getting worse.”
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The vaccine against Shingles helps protect against dementia, results of a natural experiment, adding to prior evidence
"implications are profound"
New @Nature
https://t.co/NmazPQdos2
https://t.co/HnBsMQYWfT