An Alzheimer’s Blood Test Might Predict Advanced Disease
W ith two new treatments for Alzheimer’s disease approved in recent years, there’s growing hope for people at risk of the ...
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Brain scans help predict the stories we're most likely to share
to scan people's brains while they looked at dozens of New York Times headlines and abstracts. The researchers observed the neural activity in certain regions of the brain and also asked the ...
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This medical test may cause cancer due to ‘unfathomable’ mistake — and it’s performed 93M times a year in the US
Repeated CT scans of the head during childhood have also been linked to a slight increase in the risk of developing a brain tumor later in life due to radiation exposure. In a landmark 2009 study ...
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New Medicare Rules Aim to Cut Radiation Exposure From CT Scans
MONDAY, March 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Hospitals and imaging centers are now required to track and report radiation exposure from CT scans under new Medicare regulations. The rules, which began ...
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New Medicare Rules Aim to Cut Radiation Exposure From CT Scans
New Medicare Rules Aim to Cut Radiation Exposure From CT Scans MONDAY, March 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Hospitals and imaging centers are now required to track and report radiation exposure from ...
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Understanding the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of traumatic brain injury
TBI is often caused by a bump, blow, jolt, or explosive blast to the head, or a penetrating head injury that disrupts the brain's normal function ... including CT scans and MRI scans, cannot ...
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New Medicare rules aim to cut radiation exposure from CT scans
Hospitals and imaging centers are now required to track and report radiation exposure from CT scans under new Medicare regulations. The rules, which began rolling out in January, come as ...
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New AI model converts your thought into full written speech by harnessing your brain's magnetic signals
An AI model can scan your brain with non-invasive equipment and convert your thoughts into typed sentences — with no implants required. Comments ( 0 ) ( ) When you purchase through links on our ...
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Brain Autopsies Reveal a Potential Culprit Behind Alzheimer's
Microglia are immune cells that help keep our brains healthy by clearing waste and preserving normal brain function. In response to infection or to clear out dead cells, these nifty shape-shifters can ...
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Aging Women’s Brain Mysteries Are Tested in Trio of Studies
Researchers identified a gene that seems to help slow brain aging in women, and studied links between hormone therapy, menopause and Alzheimer’s. By Gina Kolata Women’s brains are superior to ...
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How the brain decides whether to persist — and when to give up
Whether mice persist with a task, explore new options or give up comes down to the activity of three types of neuron in the brain. In experiments, researchers at University College London (UCL ...