Neurology

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Neurodegeneration and frailty are key mediators in this association between olfactory deficits and mortality risk, according to a Swedish study.

Canadian study investigates participants who join a choir.

Researchers analyzed changes in three aspects of social cognition among those with dementia: emotion recognition, theory of mind and empathy.

Study finds a two-fold higher risk of developing nAMD in older patients with diabetes taking a GLP-1 RA compared to similar patients with diabetes not exposed to GLP1 RAs. 

Cannabis may be associated with the same dopamine pathway implicated in psychosis.

With high morbidity and mortality, prompt recognition is important, and treatment can be straightforward and effective.

Informing patients that they have elevated amyloid-beta plaques in their brain can lighten their emotional distress—but can also correlate with less favourable behaviour.