Actress Selma Blair, who made her first post-diagnosis red carpet appearance at the Academy Awards with a cane, opened up about living with multiple sclerosis. (CBS New York)
Does the immune system hold the key to beating Alzheimer’s disease? (The Guardian)
Five new risk genes for Alzheimer’s disease have been discovered. (Nature Genetics, NIA)
Plasma total tau levels may be a biomarker for risk stratification in dementia prevention trials. (JAMA Neurology)
Watching TV more than 3.5 hours a day was tied to declines in verbal memory in people ages 50 and older. (Scientific Reports)
Since 2011, when a concussion is diagnosed in Major League Baseball, the player must spend at least 7 days on the disabled list — but that hasn’t made it less likely for teams to report them. (Orthopedic Journal of Sports Medicine)
High levels of serum neurofilament light chain differentiated early atypical Parkinson’s-like disorders from Parkinson’s disease. (Neurology)
The incidence of dementia is nearly 50 times higher the first year after a major stroke than it is in the general population. (The Lancet Neurology)
Brain inflammation ignites a neuron-killing forest fire, an Alzheimer’s researcher suggests. (Scientific American)
A new Alzheimer’s Association survey reports less than half of physicians assess cognition as standard protocol for older adults.
Source: MedicalNewsToday.com
