The annual analysis of the American Cancer Society reports that while the overall number of new cancers diagnosed is higher than last year, deaths from cancers are not rising along with the new cases. Sidney Kimmel Cancer center director William …

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Sleep difficulties or insomnia are common, and the problem is growing. The latest data reveals that about a third of us have the condition, with women affected more often than men. Psychiatrist Andrew Huhn at Johns Hopkins says to address …

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Something called the blood brain barrier prevents many things, including most drugs, from entering your brain. Now a new study that disrupts the barrier using ultrasound seems to have shown that antibodies to treat Alzheimer’s disease can gain entry this …

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Monoclonal antibodies for Alzheimer’s disease, like the drug called Aduhelm, attach to aberrant proteins thought to be one cause of the disease, but they only stand to benefit a small number of the people who might be at risk. That’s …

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Aduhelm is a type of drug called a monoclonal antibody, and it’s used to remove some of the aberrant proteins thought to cause Alzheimer’s disease. Lolita Nidadavolu, a geriatrics expert at Johns Hopkins, says there is much to consider when …

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Men who reported taking sildenafil for erectile dysfunction also had a reduced risk for Alzheimer’s disease, a recent study looking at a large number of medical records found. What about women? Johns Hopkins geriatrics expert Lolita Nidadavolu, who wrote an …

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Sildenafil, taken for erectile dysfunction, seems to have helped reduce Alzheimer’s disease risk in men. Would the drug have the same impact on women, and what might the side effects look like? Lolita Nidadavolu, a geriatrics expert at Johns Hopkins …

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Taking sildenafil for erectile dysfunction reduced the risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease, a study looking at medical records of over 260,000 found.  Geriatrics expert Lolita Nidadavolu at Johns Hopkins and coauthor of an editorial on the study says there is a …

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Men who took sildenafil for erectile dysfunction experienced less Alzheimer’s disease than men who did not, a very large study looking at medical records found. One problem, says Lolita Nidadavolu, a Johns Hopkins geriatrics expert and coauthor of an editorial …

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Sildenafil is used by men with erectile dysfunction, with a recent study examining medical records of men who used it finding they also developed Alzheimer’s disease less often. This is called an observational study, and it only can find an …

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