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A new study in mice shows that sleep and daily rhythm problems in Alzheimer’s disease appear earlier and more severely in females than in males. Treating the mice with an anti-inflammatory drug improved their sleep within weeks, suggesting that calming brain inflammation could be a fast way to help with sleep issues in Alzheimer’s patients.
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A case series reports that Alzheimer’s disease pathology was found in people who had received a specific medical treatment decades earlier, suggesting the disease can, in rare cases, be transmitted between humans. This finding is crucial for understanding disease origins and for reviewing the safety of certain past medical procedures.
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A long-term study of teenagers with chronic pain found that how much the pain interferes with daily life is a stronger predictor of future painkiller use than having catastrophic, fearful thoughts about the pain. This means that helping young patients manage their pain’s impact on function could be more important for reducing medication reliance than just addressing their worries.
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