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See why Leqembi is even more effective in males than females, at fighting Alzheimer’s.
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Stanford Medicine’s new analysis of a vaccination program found shingles vaccines appear to lower dementia diagnoses by 20% — more than any other known intervention.
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Dignity & Dementia: Where to Draw the Line?
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8 Drinks a Week Mess with Memory & Thinking
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Heavy drinkers who have eight or more alcoholic drinks per week have increased risk of brain lesions called hyaline arteriolosclerosis, signs of brain injury that are associated with memory and thinking problems, according to a new study.
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