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Sweet Sixteen Aint What it Used to Be!
Lives change, and so do needs. A new 16 item cognitive assessment test, known as the”Sweet Sixteen”, remarkably demonstrated 99% sensitivity for diagnosing cognitive impairment in a 700-patient cohort with known cognitive status. It’s high correlation with the Mini-Mental State…
Tags: Archive of Internal Medicine, Beth Israel, Cognitive Assessment, Cognitive Impairment, dementia, Harvard, MMSE, Sweet Sixteen, Tamara G. Fong
New Clue to the Cause of Alzheimers
by Stan Readley It’s long been known that beta amyloid, a disruptive plaque substance, forms on the brain as Alzheimer’s disease progresses. What is not known is if the plaque causes the disease, or is caused by it. Particularly confusing:…
Tags: Aging, Alzheimers/Dementia, beta amyloid, dementia, Harvard, medical breakthrough
