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Related video A-fib raises dementia, Alzheimer’s risk How blood thinners can help Strengths and limitations of the study A large study concludes that atrial fibrillation does, indeed, raise the risk of dementia even in people who did not have a stroke and that anticoagulants may reduce this risk. An irregular heartbeat may be a sign […]
Related video A-fib raises dementia, Alzheimer’s risk How blood thinners can help Strengths and limitations of the study A large study concludes that atrial fibrillation does, indeed, raise the risk of dementia even in people who did not have a stroke and that anticoagulants may reduce this risk. An irregular heartbeat may be a sign […]
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Related video An international research team led by scientists at the University of Alabama at Birmingham has identified a potential target for therapeutics that might help slow the progression of Parkinson’s disease. In findings published online in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, the researchers compare different forms of alpha-synuclein and specifically point to beta-sheet fibrillar […]
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Related video Memories of events, episodic memory, is better amongst women compared to men, researchers from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have found in a new overview published in the scientific journal Psychological Bulletin. However, results vary depending on what is to be remembered. When we try to remember what we did yesterday, or whether we […]