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Taking a daily multivitamin may help slow age-related memory decline, a study has found.
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Columbia is leading the movement to add neurocognitive screening to annual well woman OB/GYN checkups.
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Though limited to patients with a rare genetic mutation, the newest drug for ALS could be most effective when given before symptoms emerge.
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Attending a high school with a high number of teachers with graduate training was the clearest predictor of the impact of school quality on late-life cognition, researchers found.
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- April 25, 2023
With the help of a Columbia neurologist, a support group of Black Parkinson's patients has created a book for Black patients and their families written by the true experts: themselves.
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- April 24, 2023
Columbia Nursing researchers are using AI analysis of voice recordings to find a quick, inexpensive way to screen home care patients for early dementia.
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- April 20, 2023
Columbia neurologists are investigating a set of blood tests that, used in combination with memory tests, may help physicians correctly diagnose Alzheimer disease in low-resource environments.
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- March 31, 2023
Amyloid sparks an alliance between two proteins in the brain that can potentially explain up to half of the gene changes that occur in Alzheimer’s.
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- March 30, 2023
Multiple sclerosis (MS) usually begins between the ages of 20 and 40 and is the most common disabling neurological disorder of young adults.
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- March 21, 2023
Columbia researchers have discovered how a genetic defect leads to spinal muscular atrophy, a finding that could lead to a new therapy for a disease that affects 1 in 6,000 children.
- March 9, 2023
Columbia’s researchers have opened a trial of a noninvasive, focused ultrasound approach to open the blood-brain barrier, enabling higher concentrations of an effective drug to enter the brain.
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- February 24, 2023
Depression after a stroke is very common and treatable but sometimes difficult to diagnose.
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- February 24, 2023
Stiff person syndrome is a rare autoimmune and neurological disorder.
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- February 22, 2023
Immune cells in the brain must rearrange a part of their cytoskeleton before they can perform their jobs, a finding that may lead to new ways to slow some brain diseases.
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