July 30, 2021 Neurology Researchers report concerns about dementia following COVID-19 infection but the data is incomplete and much greater numbers of well-conducted studies need to be done to determine if there is a causal link.
June 22, 2021 Clinical Research Preprint longitudinal controlled MRI-imaging study notes direct evidence of brain abnormalities in people who had COVID (matched and compared to those did not) that could explain the symptoms of Long-COVID. #LongHaulers #LongCovid #VaccinesWork
June 8, 2021 Health Policy FDA approval process questioned as it approves new early-stage $56K US/year treatment for Alzheimer’s despite its own panel founding insufficient evidence of efficacy. Only when company changed the study endpoint did it show efficacy compared to placebo.
October 28, 2020 Clinical Research Unpublished non-peer-reviewed short-term study on possible COVID-19-induced cognitive decline used self-reported unverified data with no baseline controls or knowledge of the patients cognitive status prior to infection.
December 23, 2019 Dementia Reducing the confusion and stress during the holiday season for people suffering from dementia
December 18, 2019 Neurology Study does not have the power to link chronic lack of sleep with later onset of dementia. Reverse causality may be at play as well.
November 12, 2019 Addiction Young cannabis smoker’s stroke risk may double or it may not because this is an observational study with many confounding factors. More rigourous studies are required to determine if this is true.
October 30, 2019 Neurology Significant confounding factors exist in observational fluoride study. If it is a neurotoxin, why are boys only affected? What happened during the 4 years after birth that could have contributed to the small IQ decrease?
