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TL;DR: A 2026 preprint in medRxiv linked a higher 24-hour urinary sodium-to-potassium ratio with deep white matter lesions on brain MRI in older Japanese adults, with the association appearing to depend more on lower potassium excretion than on sodium alone. K…
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TL;DR: A 2026 cohort study in PLOS One found that higher fasting plasma vitamin C levels were independently associated with larger MRI-measured gray matter and stronger default mode network (DMN) structural connectivity in 2,044 older adults, but the cross-sec…
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TL;DR: A 2026 randomized trial in Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition found that extended caffeine therapy reduced intermittent hypoxia, brief repeated oxygen-desaturation episodes, in very preterm infants through 41 weeks postmenstrua…
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Spinal Cord MRI Could Change Early Multiple Sclerosis Follow-Up TL;DR: Routine MS monitoring focuses on the brain — but prior data suggest 12% of new spinal cord lesions appear with no simultaneous brain activity. The MSpine trial is now testing whether system…
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