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Bean intake may lower dementia risk
Bean intake may lower dementia risk
20 Feb 2023

Dietary consumption of beans appears protective against the risk of disabling dementia in patients without a history of stroke, results of the Circulatory Risk in Communities Study (CIRCS) have shown.

Bean intake may lower dementia risk
20 Feb 2023
Modified Atkins diet may be better than keto for childhood drug-resistant epilepsy
Modified Atkins diet may be better than keto for childhood drug-resistant epilepsy
05 Feb 2023

Dietary modifications offer short-term benefits in children with drug-resistant epilepsy, but modified Atkins diet appears more tolerable and more likely to reduce the frequency of seizures than ketogenic diet, as shown in a study.

Modified Atkins diet may be better than keto for childhood drug-resistant epilepsy
05 Feb 2023
Antipsychotic prescriptions for dementia soared during COVID-19 pandemic
Antipsychotic prescriptions for dementia soared during COVID-19 pandemic
02 Feb 2023 byKanas Chan

The overall rate of antipsychotic drug prescriptions to patients with dementia increased markedly during the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic, and did not return to prepandemic levels when the acute phase was over, a multinational network cohort study has shown.

Antipsychotic prescriptions for dementia soared during COVID-19 pandemic
02 Feb 2023