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Our ability to try new things and learn from successes and failures depends a lot on cells in the brains frontal lobe behind the forehead, report researchers who learned more from new lab tests.

Results correlated with Alzheimer’s prone regions on MRI .

Alcohol use disorder is associated with a higher risk of Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease, as demonstrated in this retrospective cohort study.

Researchers have developed a set of tests that can quantify cognitive changes in aging dogs and accurately detect canine cognitive dysfunction syndrome, a disorder with similar pathology and outcomes as Alzheimer's disease in humans. The findings show promise for both humans and dogs in understanding Alzheimer's progression.

Some hospitals and medical groups have raised the question of testing older physicians for mental and physical competency. A number of doctors agree; others contest its usefulness.

Evaluating noncognitive markers may help predict cognitive impairment.

A concussion assessment tool used for athletes may mistake the effects of intense exertion for brain injury. Concussions affect 3.8 million people yearly.

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>> griff: good morning todd and carley. all presidents claim they pay no attention to the polls, the folks at 1600 pennsylvania avenue are taking note. clear politics average, you see the presidents approval rating slumping into the 30s for the first time. hard pill to swallow, the last three presidents, trump, obama and george w. bush were above 40%. it comes as biden struggles with the yaushgian conflict, inflation, out of control crime and crisis at the southern border. republican critics are...