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Cognitively Healthy Centenarians; Seizures and COVID Vax; New AAN Statement

— News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

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Cognitively healthy centenarians appeared to be disease, genome-wide association studies showed. (Alzheimer's and Dementia)

Steve Gleason, a former NFL player (ALS) more than a decade ago, published a memoir he typed with his eyes. (New York Times)

Cerebral microbleeds appeared to be in the general population. (Brain Communications)

Researchers identified a genetic cause of . (Nature Genetics)

The proportion of life spent in Canada was tied to the (MS) in permanent immigrants. (Neurology)

The was not significantly different between SARS-CoV-2 vaccine recipients and placebo recipients, a meta-analysis of clinical trial data showed. (JAMA Neurology)

Labcorp announced a new commercial (GFAP), which the company said could be used in MS, Alzheimer's disease, glioblastoma, or traumatic brain injury.

Meanwhile, Quest Diagnostics added a commercial for Alzheimer's to its line-up.

The American Academy of Neurology issued a on the term "excited delirium."

NBA player Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers was . (AP)

More research confirmed that acid-suppression therapy -- proton pump inhibitors and histamine H2 receptor antagonists -- and severe headache. (Neurology Clinical Practice)

  • Judy George covers neurology and neuroscience news for MedPage Today, writing about brain aging, Alzheimer’s, dementia, MS, rare diseases, epilepsy, autism, headache, stroke, Parkinson’s, ALS, concussion, CTE, sleep, pain, and more.