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Simple Blood Test Can Predict Dementia Risk in Women Decades Before Symptoms - ScienceAlert
Diagnostic tests are continuing to get better at spotting the earliest signs of dementia, and new research suggests that a simple blood sample could help identify those at most risk, some 25 years before symptoms start showing.
As colon cancer rises in younger adults, D-FW scientists uncover crucial clue - Dallas News
A UT Dallas and UT Southwestern study found tumors in younger patients develop in scar-like colon tissue — changes that may occur before cancer forms.
Mom, 41, with Stage 4 Colon Cancer Has ‘No Evidence of Disease’ After Life-Saving Transplant - AOL.com
“When a doctor tells you it’s stage 4, you think, ‘My life is over,'" said Amy Piccioli
Cognitive shuffling: The micro-dreaming game that helps you sleep - BBC
For over a decade, this image-based technique has helped people switch off their busy brains and fall asleep at night. How exactly does it play upon the mind?
The Shingles Virus May Be Aging You More Quickly - WIRED
Evidence suggests reactivations of the varicella-zoster virus may accelerate aging and raise dementia risk. Now scientists want to know if vaccines and antivirals could help protect the brain.
State fines Long Island neurosurgeon Dr. Salvatore Palumbo for falsely claiming to vaccinate his child - Newsday
In an interview, the doctor said he administered the vaccines to his son. “I’m pro vax.”