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·March 11, 2021·5 min read

Lower Risk of Brain Injury for at-Risk Infants Whose Mothers Consumed Pomegranate Juice

Pomegranate juice appears to have neuroprotective effects in pregnancies marked by intrauterine growth restriction. Researchers found pomegranate juice reduced the risk of brain injury in infants with IUGR, especially when pregnant women drank it during the third trimester.

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·February 11, 2021·4 min read

Nightly Sleep of Five Hours or Less May Increase Risk of Dementia and Death Among Older Adults

Sleep duration of five hours or less was associated with double the risk of dementia in older adults. Sleep disruptions also increased death risk in those in their seventies.

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·January 25, 2021·4 min read

Newly Discovered Subset of Brain Cells Fight Inflammation With Instructions From the Gut

A newly discovered microbiome-controlled anti-inflammatory subset of astrocytes helps researchers better understand inflammation of the central nervous system and its regulation.

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·January 1, 2021·5 min read

Nanoparticle Drug-Delivery System Developed to Treat Brain Disorders

A new nanoparticle drug-delivery system resulted in unprecedented siRNA penetration across the intact blood-brain barrier. Researchers say the system could help doctors to treat secondary injuries associated with TBI that can result in Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative disorders.

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·December 9, 2020·4 min read

Blood Test for Alzheimer’s Disease Predicts Future Cognitive Decline in Healthy People

Higher baseline levels of N-terminal fragment of tau in the blood of healthy subjects was associated with an increased risk of developing cognitive deficits and Alzheimer's disease later in life.

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·August 19, 2020·4 min read

Potential Link for Alzheimer’s Disease and Common Brain Disease That Mimics Its Symptoms

Researchers identified a group of closely related genes that capture molecular links between Alzheimer's and LATE, a common brain disorder that mimics Alzheimer's symptoms.

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·May 24, 2020·5 min read

No improvement in death rate for COVID-19 patients who received hydroxychloroquine

Coronavirus patients treated with chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine are significantly more likely to experience ventricular arrhythmias than those who were treated with other medications. The study also revealed that out of 100,000 COVID-19 patients who were hospitalized, the 15,000 who received hydroxychloroquine were more likely to have worse health outcomes than those treated with other drugs.

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·March 2, 2020·4 min read

Irregular sleep may increase risk of cardiovascular events

Inconsistent bedtimes and irregular sleep patterns could more than double the risk of developing cardiovascular disease.

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·February 26, 2020·5 min read

Intensive blood pressure control can extend life up to 3 years

Having a blood pressure of less than 120 MM HG can extend a person's lifespan from between six months to three years, depending on how old they were when they began intensive blood pressure control.

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·December 19, 2019·4 min read

New gene for male infertility discovered

Study provides evidence the SYCP2 gene mediates male infertility.

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Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·October 2, 2019·6 min read

Teens taking oral contraceptives may be at increased risk for depressive symptoms

No association was found between oral contraceptive use and depressive symptom severity in females aged 16 to 25. However, 16-year-olds who take the pill reported higher depressive symptom severity than their peers who did not use oral birth control.

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·July 1, 2019·5 min read

New imaging molecule captures brain changes tied to progressive multiple sclerosis

A novel PET neuroimaging tracer detects abnormal inflammation in the cerebral gray matter of patients with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis.

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Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Lower Risk of Brain Injury for at-Risk Infants Whose Mothers Consumed Pomegranate Juice

Nightly Sleep of Five Hours or Less May Increase Risk of Dementia and Death Among Older Adults

Newly Discovered Subset of Brain Cells Fight Inflammation With Instructions From the Gut

Nanoparticle Drug-Delivery System Developed to Treat Brain Disorders

Blood Test for Alzheimer’s Disease Predicts Future Cognitive Decline in Healthy People

Potential Link for Alzheimer’s Disease and Common Brain Disease That Mimics Its Symptoms

No improvement in death rate for COVID-19 patients who received hydroxychloroquine

Irregular sleep may increase risk of cardiovascular events

Intensive blood pressure control can extend life up to 3 years

New gene for male infertility discovered

Teens taking oral contraceptives may be at increased risk for depressive symptoms

New imaging molecule captures brain changes tied to progressive multiple sclerosis

AI Identifies Appendix Removal and Diet as Alzheimer’s Risks

Heartbeat Rhythms Unveil Hidden Brain Activity

Midlife Hobbies Outperform Genetic Alzheimer’s Risk

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