A clever and unique study documents that much Covid transmission occurred via shopping in retail stores
pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn… PNASNews Thais Lærkholm Jensen CEBI - Center for Economic Behavior and Inequality

Higher risk of cognitive decline with Amyloid+ and Amyloid+/Tau+.

'Notably, the higher odds ratio associated with Aβ decreases with age.'

Timothy Daly, PhD Madhav Thambisetty Eric Widera, MD Simon Mead Andrew Lees Robert Howard Jason Cohen radical optimism Lon S. Schneider, MD Seb Walsh Michael Schöll Vincent Planche Stefano L. Sensi Alberto J Espay Nicolas Villain Kasper Planeta Kepp Gill Livingston Ryan Townley Jesse F Ballenger (mastodon.world/@jfballenger) Jason Karlawish James Rupert Fletcher Adam M. Brickman Dr. Jennifer Manly Sarah Ackley, PhD FORTUNE TIME Erin Prater TIME Financial Times Hannah Kuchler CTAD NIH Alzheimer's Association Howard Gleckman American Geriatrics Society Kathy Liu Richard Merrick Nancy Lundebjerg (she/her/hers) Nathaniel Chin U.S. FDA NICE Raymond Koopmans Maastricht University Kariem Ezzat Dr Ben Underwood NHS England The Observer Xiong-feii Ekaterina Zotcheva Minimal clinically important difference in Alzheimer's disease: Rapid review
alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10… via Michael D Hill et al

As it's Friday, I'm asking all my followers to please retweet this post if you see it, to help my bird account beat the algorithm & be seen!🙏
To make it worth sharing, here's a Goldfinch in my flowering Cherry tree 😍
Thank you very much! 🐦😊 ♥️

Fascinating study from Sudha Seshadri, MD and Framingham. Cranial + brain volumes increased every birth decade, supporting idea that improved public health over 20th century ⬆️ brain reserve and contributed to ⬇️dementia rates. Why we need a lifecourse approach!

jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

Round 1 is set.

➡️ nyrange.rs/4aYsW3i

1/”That’s a ninja turtle looking at me!” I exclaimed.

My fellow rolled his eyes, “Why do I feel I’m going to see this on X or twitter soon…”

He was right!

A thread about one of my favorite imaging findings & pathology behind it !

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Prof Read shares a 2006 article including 99 persons with a #schizophrenia diagnosis in Finland. But a 2020 paper with 62,250 patients (same diagnosis, same country, 20 year follow up) shows a protective effect of antipsychotic medication (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31922669/)

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Corriveau-Lecavalier et al. show that dementia syndromes targeting executive functions have different signatures of brain degeneration to those affecting personality and behaviour, with implications for diagnosis and symptom management. tinyurl.com/5n8prmbx

I am so proud that our campaign is recognized by Moms Demand Action as a Gun Sense Candidate.

Firearms deaths have been climbing nationwide over the past decade and are now the number one cause of death for children in the United States. It is well past time to say Enough is Enough!

Por favor, compartan esta oportunidad para rellenar una encuesta sobre calidad de vida en personas del colectivo LGBTQ+ de 50 años o más hispanohablante en cualquier lado de los EEUU. No permitan que se invisibilice al colectivo: sageusa.org/ESSOLA23

“Long Covid Is At Best No Worse Than Falling In Love,” Says Study, “Your Heart Races, You Don't Think Straight, It Can Affect Your Sleep And Appetite, And You Might Never Get Over It.”
(credit: Tagg)

'We can say with near certainty that this paper was not AI generated'

Serum pTau-181 and nFL best predicted worsening cognition in those w subjective cognitive complaints or MCI, with serum amyloid having modest predictive value

Presidents’ + Eastern + Metro.

Now, let’s get to work. #LGR

Diagnosing Parkinson’s syndromes is no walk in the park!

Imaging can help—especially in Parkinson’s plus syndromes.

Do YOU remember the signs?

Or do your eyes cross at the hot-cross buns?

Feel bird-brained looking for the hummingbird sign?

Here’s how you can remember!

Did the first speaker at the #AANAM American Academy of Neurology plenary today, who is also a chief editor of a major neuro journal, just make derisive comments about his mandatory Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest? Or were Dr Strupp's comments sarcastic? Not sure, I hope the latter...

You mastered degenerative causes, now master one of the most common fully reversible etiologies of dementia symptoms - NPH!!!!!! #endalz Today at #AANAM

🚨Paper Alert🚨
Excited to share our new piece with Robin Michalon from EHESS Centre Alexandre-Koyré
While debates rage on following Alzheimer's Association new #Alzheimer ’s criteria we propose (Open Access) a historical perspective on what Alzheimer’s is.
A thread👇🏻
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onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/en…

If only a brain expert knew about the cognitive and other neurological effects of Covid 🤷‍♂️
I'm sure someone else on this platform could teach him about the cardiac, autonomic, and immune effects of Covid as well.