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From mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer's: Predicting risk
Dementia affects more than 55 million people worldwide, costing around $1.3 trillion per year.The most common form of dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, affects up to 70% of these people.New treatments are most effective if started early in the progression of the disease, but diagnosis is difficult at this stage as early symptoms are often dismissed as normal changes due to aging.
First biosimilar approved to treat multiple sclerosis
Tyruko was approved to treat adults with clinically isolated syndrome, relapsing-remitting disease, and active secondary progressive disease.
Frequent recurrent headaches linked to bullying, suicidality in adolescents
Cross-sectional study examined data from more than 2 million Canadian youths on frequency of headache and bullying. Frequent recurrent headaches were linked to overt and relational bullying and suicidality.
Deep brain stimulation may provide long-term benefits in treatment-resistant depression
Subcallosal cingulate gyrus deep brain stimulation was generally safe and significantly improved depressive symptoms in patients with treatment-resistant depression, with results sustained up to 7 years, according to research.
What is that ice cream-induced 'brain freeze,' anyway?
Brain freeze is only a nickname. Scientifically, it's called sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia. It's sometimes referred to as a cold-stimulus headache or ice cream headache.
