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Explore the latestIn 93 adults with well-controlled HIV followed about 6.5 years, CMV antibody levels and CMV-reactive T-cell responses were not linked to developing cognitive impairment.
Read articleIn 148 stroke patients with depression, slow and normal CYP2C19 metabolizers had similar escitalopram response and remission after 8 weeks. Stroke disability predicted outcomes better than g…
Read articleIn a 2026 Turkish study of 62 children aged 6 to 18, those with a parent who had schizophrenia or bipolar disorder had higher parent-rated emotional and behavioral problem scores than contro…
Read articleIn 447,821 UK Biobank adults, those who recalled being thinner than average at age 10 and had a high adult BMI had the highest rates of later depression and anxiety.
Read articleIn a 2026 study of 40 male rats under 6 weeks of daily restraint stress, 2 weeks of celecoxib improved open-field, maze and swim-test behavior and lowered hippocampal TNF-alpha, IL-1beta, IL…
Read articleIn 2,349 dementia-free older adults in China, the highest quarter of estimated body fat had about half the rate of Alzheimer's-type MCI over about 2 years. The link is observational and not …
Read articleIn 5,128 stroke and TIA survivors from the PROGRESS trial, higher average and cumulative blood pressure over 18 months was linked to cognitive decline or dementia; each 15 mm Hg higher avera…
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