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Time Magazine piece on treatment of early Alzheimer’s Disease lacks balance. It reads as an ad for pharma company that made it. Side effects glossed over and relative instead of absolute risk reported. Clinical outcomes overstated.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 27, 2023 Source:Why Diagnosing Alzheimer’s Early Is So Important Reference:Lecanemab for Alzheimer’s disease: tempering hype and hope
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New diagnostic test for early Alzheimer’s does not prove that you will develop the disease and requires more biomarkers to ensure accuracy.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 24, 2023 Source:Commercially available Alzheimer’s blood test could help early diagnosis
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A plausible biological mechanism is not well elucidated when study suggests long-term use of certain reflux medications is associated with a higher risk of dementia. No proof of causality and is confounded by other life factors
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 17, 2023 Source:Long-term use of certain reflux medications is associated with a higher risk of dementia, study suggests Reference:Cumulative Use of Proton Pump Inhibitors and Risk of Dementia: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study
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Prediabetes: The younger you are, the higher the risk of dementia if it progresses to type 2 diabetes.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 29, 2023 Source:Prediabetes: The younger you are, the higher the risk of dementia Reference:Prediabetes, intervening diabetes and subsequent risk of dementia: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study
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Alzheimer’s Research UK has developed an online brain check-up tool that aims to cut risk of dementia at any age
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 23, 2023 Source:Dementia: Brain check-up tool aims to cut risk at any age
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Still lots to investigate to determine if weekly nightmares during middle age are linked to higher dementia risk
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for September 28, 2022 Source:Weekly nightmares during middle age may be linked to higher dementia risk Reference:Distressing Dreams, Cognitive Decline and Risk of Dementia: A Prospective Study of Three Population-Based Cohorts
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Too many limitations to this study to conclude that multivitamins can slow cognitive decline. Also seem mostly in people with cardiovascular disease. Maybe their medications contributed to this result too?
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for September 15, 2022 Source:Study finds potential link between daily multivitamin and improved cognition in older adults Reference:Effects of cocoa extract and a multivitamin on cognitive function: A randomized clinical trial
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Non-invasive electrical brain stimulation shown to improve working memory and long-term memory in older people with memory impairment
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for September 1, 2022 Source:New 20-minute non-invasive treatment could reverse memory loss, study says Reference:Long-lasting, dissociable improvements in working memory and long-term memory in older adults with repetitive neuromodulation
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Could a ‘quick and easy’ bone density test help predict risk for vascular dementia late in life? Study suggests this is possible but does not have the power to demonstrate causality.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 28, 2022 Source:‘Quick and easy’ bone density test could help predict risk for dementia late in life, study finds Reference:Abdominal aortic calcification on lateral spine images captured during bone density testing and late-life dementia risk in older women: A prospective cohort study