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Study shows ‘good’ cholesterol may protect against brain atrophy, dementia

by UT Southwestern Medical Center Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain High-density lipoprotein (HDL), or “good” cholesterol, may play a vital role in conserving healthy brain matter in middle-aged adults, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers report. The findings, published in the Journal of Clinical Medicine, could give doctors and patients more insight into factors that affect cognitive health in aging...

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MS clinicians listen up: Here’s how your patients need you to talk about brain atrophy with them

UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO BUFFALO, N.Y. — For people with multiple sclerosis (MS), hearing a doctor tell them they are experiencing brain atrophy — an important, predictive biomarker of MS disease progression — can trigger debilitating fear and anxiety. Now a team of University at Buffalo researchers working alongside people with MS and their advocates has...