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Roughly a quarter of all Americans over the age of 40 in the U.S. take statin drugs — which lower levels of cholesterol —…
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Ontario’s Minister of Sport, 71-year-old Neil Lumsden, recently announced his decision to donate his brain to the Concussion Legacy Foundation Canada to support research…
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A Trump executive order has banned DEI initiatives across the federal government. Scientists say the move could undermine trial diversity and derail the quest…
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With the 2024 FDA approval of Eli Lilly’s Kisunla for early-stage Alzheimer’s disease, there are now two fairly similar anti-amyloid on the market in…
Two days after President Donald Trump took office, sweeping bans — mostly temporary — went into effect across the U.S. National Institutes of Health…
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In the 1950s, doctors Carlton Gajdusek and Vincent Zigas trekked over mountains and across rivers to study a mysterious and fatal neurological disease called…
Neuroscientists are currently researching how psychedelic drugs like MDMA, LSD, psilocybin, ketamine, and ibogaine reveal how our brains work and, ultimately, if they can…
This article is part of the Journey to Diagnosis series, produced by Being Patient with support provided by Eli Lilly. A former ICU nurse…
Changes in thinking and memory as we age can occur for a variety of reasons. These changes are not always cause for concern. But…