Two pathologies drive the progression of Alzheimer's disease. Early on, amyloid beta plaques lead the way, but around the time cognitive symptoms arise, tau tangles take over as the driving force and cognition steadily declines. ...
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A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests that growing up in poverty may influence the wiring of a child's brain.
Jun 27, 2023
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People in the earliest stage of Alzheimer's disease—after brain changes have begun but before cognitive symptoms become apparent—harbor an assortment of bacteria in their intestines that differs from the gut bacteria ...
Jun 14, 2023
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Dangerous bacterial bloodstream infections in preemies may originate from the infants' gut microbiomes, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Such infections are of substantial ...
May 3, 2023
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Strategies to treat pain without triggering dangerous side effects such as euphoria and addiction have proven elusive. For decades, scientists have attempted to develop drugs that selectively activate one type of opioid receptor ...
May 3, 2023
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Sleep disturbances can be an early sign of Alzheimer's disease. Many people eventually diagnosed with Alzheimer's start experiencing difficulty falling and staying asleep years before cognitive problems such as memory loss ...
Apr 20, 2023
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The standard treatment for patients with multiple myeloma often includes stem cell transplantation in which the patient's own stem cells are harvested and stored while the patient receives intensive chemotherapy to kill the ...
Apr 17, 2023
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Every year, norovirus causes hundreds of millions of cases of food poisoning—and the deaths of at least 50,000 children—yet there exists no real way to control it. The virus has proven exceptionally difficult to study ...
Apr 11, 2023
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Between natural infection and a global vaccination campaign, most people now have some immunity against the virus that causes COVID-19. This widespread immunity hasn't stopped people from getting infected, but it has dampened ...
Apr 3, 2023
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A new study suggests that a common genetic signature may increase a person's risk of developing substance use disorders, regardless of whether the addiction is to alcohol, tobacco, cannabis or opioids. The research, led by ...
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