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Biden says the debate was a bad night. Here’s how doctors would evaluate if it was something more
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for July 8, 2024 Source:Biden says the debate was a bad night. Here’s how doctors would evaluate if it was something more
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Another food study. Please make it stop. This time that olive oil may lower risk of dementia based on questionnaires of food intake asked every four years. No way to prove causal link. Moving on….
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 13, 2024 Source:Mediterranean staple may lower your risk of death from dementia, study finds Reference:Consumption of Olive Oil and Diet Quality and Risk of Dementia-Related Death
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Your Vision Can Predict Dementia 12 Years Before Diagnosis, Study Finds. However sensitivity and specificity are in the 60 per cent range.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 15, 2024 Source:Your Vision Can Predict Dementia 12 Years Before Diagnosis, Study Finds Reference:Visual processing speed and its association with future dementia development in a population-based prospective cohort: EPIC-Norfolk
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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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Study points to a group of proteins that may be associated with future dementia outcomes.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for July 24, 2023 Source:Protein imbalance during middle age linked to dementia risk 25 years later Reference:Proteomics analysis of plasma from middle-aged adults identifies protein markers of dementia risk in later life
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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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Many hypotheses under investigation to understand what leads to dementia. Creating a preventative vaccine will be difficult and take time because we need to test these hypotheses to determine why and how this occurs.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 23, 2022 Source:Dementia vaccines: What are they, and when could they become available?
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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