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Lilly claims drug slows Alzheimer’s progression by 35 per cent in trial. However there are significant side effects that require our attention respecting the risk vs benefit and long-term outcomes.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 5, 2023 Source:Lilly drug slows Alzheimer’s progression by 35 per cent in trial
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Michael J. Fox opens up about Parkinson’s progression: ‘I won’t be 80’
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 2, 2023 Source:Michael J. Fox opens up about Parkinson’s progression: ‘I won’t be 80’
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Previous COVID infection linked to lower brain oxygen levels, cognitive problems: study
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 8, 2023 Source:Previous COVID infection linked to lower brain oxygen levels, cognitive problems: study Reference:Neurocognitive and psychiatric symptoms following infection with COVID-19: Evidence from laboratory and population studies
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University of Calgary researchers to look at aging brain as study provides association but not causal link between vitamin D intake and prevention of dementia. Observational nature of study did not have the power to account for confounding variables.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 2, 2023 Source:University of Calgary researchers to look at aging brain as study says vitamin D prevents dementia Reference:Vitamin D supplementation and incident dementia: Effects of sex, APOE, and baseline cognitive status
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Epidural stimulation of the cervical spinal cord for post-stroke upper-limb paresis restores partial arm and hand function in small proof-of-concept study
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 22, 2023 Source:In test, zaps to spine help 2 stroke survivors move arms Reference:Epidural stimulation of the cervical spinal cord for post-stroke upper-limb paresis
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Harry Forestell, host of CBC News New Brunswick at Six provides his first person account of his brain surgery for Parkinson’s.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 21, 2023 Source:I was wide awake during my brain surgery for Parkinson’s. Here’s how it changed my life
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Bruce Willis diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, family says
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 17, 2023 Source:Bruce Willis diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, family says
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Discovery could explain why women are more likely to get Alzheimer’s
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for December 16, 2022 Source:Discovery could explain why women are more likely to get Alzheimer’s Reference:Mechanistic insight into female predominance in Alzheimer’s disease based on aberrant protein S-nitrosylation of C3
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Case report from 2012 of a man with stiff person syndrome showing improvement after using THC-CBD spray now referenced in the media in refence to Celine Dion. Nothing conclusive in this N=1 report.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for December 13, 2022 Source:Man with stiff person syndrome shows improvement after using THC-CBD spray Reference:Successful cannabis derivatives oromucosal spray therapy for a seronegative stiff-person syndrome: a case report.