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Mild cognitive impairment risk slashed by 19% in SPRINT MIND
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- Michele G. Sullivan
Clinicians are calling blood pressure drugs the first disease-modifying therapy for MCI.
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Pregnancy and years of reproductive capability linked to dementia risk
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- Michele G. Sullivan
CHICAGO – The findings suggest that lifelong estrogen exposure may exert a neuroprotective effect in women.
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Gates Foundation, Lauder family launch $30 million Alzheimer’s biomarker search
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- Michele G. Sullivan
The Alzheimer’s Disease Drug Discovery Foundation will award grants for research into novel peripheral...
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Dementia epidemiology in LGB community examined for first time
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- Michele G. Sullivan
CHICAGO – Depression, which was much more common in the LGB group than in a heterosexual comparator group,...
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Breast cancer patients don’t get the financial counseling they want from their clinicians
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- Michele G. Sullivan
About half of medical oncologists, and fewer surgeons and radiation oncologists, have someone in their practice to discuss the financial...
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Deaths from liver disease surged in U.S. since 1999
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- Michele G. Sullivan
Deaths from cirrhosis increased by 65.4% and deaths from hepatocellular carcinoma by 117%.
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New PET imaging agent shows loss of synaptic density in Alzheimer’s brains
- Author:
- Michele G. Sullivan
Synaptic density loss seen with the marker also correlated with episodic memory.
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About half of FDA expedited approvals lack double-blind trials
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- Michele G. Sullivan
An analysis calculates how much evidence actually supports the speedy approvals granted for certain life-threatening conditions.
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Better ICU staff communication with family may improve end-of-life choices
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- Michele G. Sullivan
The intervention didn’t reduce surrogates’ emotional distress, but it was associated with shorter ICU stays and...
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AGA Clinical Practice Update: Statins are safe, effective, and important for most patients with liver disease and dyslipidemia
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- Michele G. Sullivan
With a few exceptions, patients with liver disease should receive lipid-lowering agents at full dose.
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Fluoroquinolones can cause fatal hypoglycemia, FDA warns
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- Michele G. Sullivan
The FDA is strengthening warning labels on fluoroquinolones to reflect the risk of life-threatening hypoglycemia...
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Antiamyloid antibody slowed Alzheimer’s progression while clearing brain amyloid
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- Michele G. Sullivan
Details won’t be released until July 25 at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference, but Eisai and Biogen say BAN2401 hit its clinical...
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ICD use curbed in hospitals named in federal lawsuit
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- Michele G. Sullivan
After the DOJ announced a suit against 500 hospitals for the inappropriate use of ICDs for primary prevention,...
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HPV testing detects cervical precancers earlier than cytology
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- Michele G. Sullivan
The HPV FOCAL study compared Pap liquid-based cytology with primary HPV testing.
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New look at ATLAS suggests rivaroxaban may still have role in ACS
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- Michele G. Sullivan
A reanalysis of the ATLAS ACS 2-TIMI 51 trial separated fatal and nonfatal events.