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Top scientists outlined key reasons behind the rising prevalence of autismopens in a new tab or window diagnoses, saying HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is ignoring answers from decades of research. (Nature)
The FDA approvedopens in a new tab or window a weekly subcutaneous injectionopens in a new tab or window of lecanemab (Leqembi) for maintenance dosing to treat early Alzheimer's disease, drugmakers Eisai and Biogen announced.
A sodium phenylbutyrate and taurursodiol combination (AMX0035) did not show any difference versus placebo on primary or secondary outcomes in a phase II study of progressive supranuclear palsyopens in a new tab or window , Amylyx said.
A test using Fastball, an electroencephalography (EEG) method that passively monitors the brain's responses to images, selectively predicted memory declineopens in a new tab or window in people with mild cognitive impairment who were likely to develop Alzheimer's. (Brain Communications)
Video-based biomechanical analysis reproduced four tests used in neuromuscular disease assessmentsopens in a new tab or window and identified disease-specific signatures of movement, like differences in gait kinematics. (NEJM AI)
Researchers called for updates to the diagnostic criteriaopens in a new tab or window for behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia, saying requirements for the cognitive criterion are disproportionately restrictive and may delay diagnosis. (Alzheimer's & Dementia)
An imaging study showed that the control center for a lost limb can persist for up to 5 years after surgical amputation, suggesting that amputation does not trigger large-scale cortical reorganizationopens in a new tab or window as previously thought. (Nature Neuroscience)
Plasma exchange was associated with favorable outcomes after myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease (MOGAD) attacksopens in a new tab or window in a retrospective analysis, but advanced age and treatment delays lowered the odds of improvement. (Neurology)
Actor Alan Aldaopens in a new tab or window , age 89, shared what keeps him going as he navigates life with Parkinson's disease. (The Independent)
Best-selling author Stephen Kingopens in a new tab or window , who continues to write daily at age 77, said he fears dementia "every time that I can't remember a word or something." (The Times)
