Month: December 2023
Your blood is indicative of how your organs are aging
The Knight-ADRC cohort is an NIA-funded study of clinical dementia subjects and age-matched controls. Among individuals with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and plasma data, Alzheimer’s (AD) cases corresponded to those with a diagnosis of dementia of the Alzheimer’s type using criteria equivalent to the National Institute of Neurological and Communication Disorders and Stroke- Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association for probable AD58.
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Safety experts want tech to reduce speeding during the 4th GOP debate
A US-based advocacy group said that it has advocated for “continued emphasis on transportation policies that focus on driver education andawareness, strong laws and law enforcement and infrastructure investment to support these safety initiatives”. The group said that vehicletechnology can play a role, adding, “While vehicle technology can play a role, we have advocated for a continued emphasis on transportation policies.”
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People with severe head injury are helped by brain implants
Stanford University researchers have found that implanting deep brain stimulation can improve the functioning of a brain structure known as thalamus. “For some participants…improvements have been transformative, even many years after the injury,” said Jaimie Henderson, a neurosurgeon at Stanford University in California. The team used brain images and atlases to design treatment procedures for four men and one woman.
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There is a race to find the reason why America’s dogs are sick
Over 200 dogs have died in the US’ Oregon from a respiratory illness, which is similar to a respiratory illness, known as kennel cough, in its symptoms but it’s not responsive to the common antibiotics used to treat it. A veterinarian has said he’s looked at a lot of dog lungs in his career, and these are a little bit different.
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