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In 17,972 US adults followed for up to 22 years, starting to volunteer was linked to slower cognitive decline associated with the APOE e4 Alzheimer's gene variant, with the clearest link at …
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 articleAt a Florida neurology practice, 371 of 1,011 autistic patients who had genetic testing (36.7%) had an abnormal result. A seizure history and female sex were linked to higher odds; EEG and M…
Read articleExome sequencing of 31 Rwandan children with autism and both parents found a likely disease-causing variant in 4 children (12.9%), or 9 (29.0%) counting uncertain variants that fit their sym…
Read articleAdults in Hong Kong who developed diabetes by age 40 reported less diabetes distress after a year of personalized care that included genetic and biomarker testing. Over 3 years, though, the …
Read articleA 2026 meta-analysis of 50 studies estimated that about 1 in 3 people with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) have ADHD (33%), and that roughly 1 in 10 have autism (11%), seizures (11%), depress…
Read articleA 2026 Spanish Rett Syndrome Behavior Questionnaire validation preprint found strong test-retest reliability across 51 caregivers, including an intraclass correlation coefficient of 0.907 an…
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