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Public Health, Vaccinations 

14  April 2024

Nigeria leads a global effort to combat meningitis with the introduction of a revolutionary 5-in-1 Meningitis vaccine

Time to read: 1:17

Public Health, Infectious Diseases

9 April 2024

Africa bears the heaviest toll of escalating viral Hepatitis crisis, warns WHO Global Report


Time to read: 1:44

Public Health, Infectious Disease

5 April 2024

WHO announces global deployment of rapid diagnostic tests to boost fight against cholera


Time to read: 1:17

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Headlines from clinical trials and medical science happenings around the world.

Neurodegenerative diseases, CNS, Parkinson's

Newly discovered trigger of Parkinson's upends common beliefs

 

Neurodegenerative diseases, CNS, Alzheimer's

Could a breakdown in the brain's networks allow infections to contribute to Alzheimer's disease?
 

Healthcare Law & Ethics, Neurodegenerative diseses

What Happens when People with Dementia Commit Crimes?
 

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Novel Drugs & Emergent Therapeutics
 

Neurology, Diabetes

Neuralace Medical Announces FDA Clearance of Axon Therapy for Chronic Painful Diabetic Neuropathy
 

Neurology, Parkinson's

Abbvie announces EU launch of PRODUODOPA® , a 24-hour infusion of levodopa-based therapy for the treatment of advanced Parkinson's disease
 

Diabetes, FDA Approved

Tzield: FDA approves first drug to delay type 1 diabetes

 

In Brief
 



Healthy Ageing

Occupational Sitting Time, Leisure Physical Activity, and All-Cause and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality

Time to read: 1 min



Gerontology, CVS,Neurology

Risk factors for cognitive impairment and dementia after stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Time to read: 1 min



Gerontology, Neurology

Trial of Botulinum Toxin for Isolated or Essential Head Tremor

Time to read: 1 min

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In a Hundred Words or Less 

Keep up to date in a hundred words or less with the latest clinical trials from the world of gerontology and healthy ageing medicine.
 

Autoimmune Diseases 

Associations between biological ageing and the risk of, genetic susceptibility to, and life expectancy associated with rheumatoid arthritis: a secondary analysis of two observational studies

Source: Lancet Health and Longevity

Neurology Alzheimer Disease

Plasma Biomarker Strategy for Selecting Patients With Alzheimer's Disease for Antiamyloid Immunotherapies



Source: JAMA Neurology

Endocrinology, Diabetes

Development and validation of a risk prediction model for frailty in patients with diabetes



Source: BMC Geriatrics

Clinical Research Summaries
 



Cardiovascular Disease

Inflammation and cholesterol as predictors of cardiovascular events among patients receiving statin therapy: a collaborative analysis of three randomised trials

Time to read: 02:58
Time to listen: 3:58
 



Alzheimer's, Dementia, Lewy-Body

Clinical Manifestations of Early-Onset Dementia With Lewy Bodies Compared With Late-Onset Dementia With Lewy Bodies and Early-Onset Alzheimer's Disease



Cardiology, Cardiovascular

Association of Pathogenic DNA Variants Predisposing to Cardiomyopathy With Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes and All-Cause Mortality

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Podcasts, Audio & Video
 



Palliative Care, End of Life

Why doctors need to talk about Death

Source: NEJM Intention to Treat



Healthcare Law & Ethics

Rapid-Response Treatments for Depression and Requests for Physician-Assisted Death: An Ethical Analysis

Source: American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, Nov 22



Neurology, Pain control

Chronic Pain in Older Adults: A Neuroscience-Based Psychological Assessment and Treatment Approach

Source:  American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, July 29, 2022
 

The Reading Room
 



History

The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
 John M. Barry

"It’s one of several books that made it clear to me that the world needed to do a better job of preparing for novel pathogens.’" Bill Gates


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Literary Fiction, Drama

Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese

“Tremendous. . . . Vivid and thrilling. . . . I feel lucky to have gotten to read it.”—Atul Gawande



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Autobiography,True Crime, Mémoire

All That Remains: A Life In Death
Professor Sue Black

"Black’s utterly gripping account of her life and career as a professor of anatomy and forensic anthropology manages to be surprisingly life-affirming. As she herself says, it is ‘as much about life as about death.’"—Guardian 

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Alerts

Start of RSV season 2024: NICD issues alert to Clinicians
Source, NICD, 8 March 2024

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Guidelines

European Society of Hypertension Announces Comprehensive New Guidelines for the Management of Arterial Hypertension?
Source: European Society of Hypertension, 28 Jun 2023

Reports & Analysis 

Estimation of the global prevalence of dementia in 2019 and forecasted prevalence in 2050: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 
Source: Lancet

Burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and its attributable risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
Source:BMJ



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