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Explore the latestIn 144 Finnish adults, smell loss rose from healthy aging to MCI to Alzheimer's, and nasal smell-tissue cells from MCI and Alzheimer's donors showed lower NRF2 antioxidant gene activity in a…
Read articleIn 53 South Korean women with memory decline, higher Alzheimer's blood markers were linked to a thinner cortex only in those with 7+ years of schooling.
Read articleAt Vietnam's national dermatology hospital, 24.6% of 280 acne outpatients had a psychiatrist-diagnosed phobic disorder, mostly social phobia. Scarring and poor treatment response were linked…
Read articleIn 197 young adults, higher estradiol went with more impulsivity at low cortisol and less at high cortisol; anxiety also shifted estradiol and testosterone links.
Read articleA 2026 case report from Japan describes a woman in her 50s with treatment-resistant schizophrenia who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis 31 years after her psychosis began. MS treatment s…
Read articleIn a fetal MRI study of 105 pregnancies, chronic placental inflammation was linked to differences in fetal brain connectivity; one weaker connection went with higher autism trait scores at a…
Read articleParent ratings of 479 autistic children in China sorted into 4 social profiles. The most socially engaged group also had the most peer problems; the profiles still need replication.
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