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Melatonin and Alzheimer's; Napping-Parkinson's Link; An Unusual ARIA Case

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Could melatonin prevent -- or treat -- ? A review in Molecular Psychiatry takes a close look.

Exposure to individual metals and mixtures of metals was associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and survival. (Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry)

Daytime napping frequency was tied to , but no causal relationship emerged in a Mendelian randomization analysis. (BMC Medicine)

In a JAMA Neurology viewpoint, researchers urged Medicare to cover for at-risk older adults.

Clinicians described fatal refractory status epilepticus associated with (ARIA) in an Alzheimer's patient treated with aducanumab (Aduhelm). (Neurology)

Mice exposed to air pollution who were fed GSM-15606, an investigational , had lower levels of amyloid-beta 42. (Alzheimer's & Dementia)

In another mouse study, non-invasive multisensory gamma stimulation . (Nature Communications)

People who run in some cities said it's difficult to recruit Black patients. (KFF)

The cumulative was estimated at 400 million individuals, with an annual economic cost of $1 trillion. (Nature Medicine)

The FDA approved with Medtronic's DBS system to treat Parkinson's disease or essential tremor.

  • 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.