Parkinsons patient "feels cured" with new adaptive deep brain stimulation device(bbc.com)

249 points by ck2 1 year ago | 30 comments

Two new dementia risks identified by major report(bbc.com)

20 points by tagawa 2 years ago | 10 comments

Significant breakthrough in search for Parkinson's biomarker(michaeljfox.org)

459 points by sandGorgon 3 years ago | 166 comments

Michael J. Fox Foundation press release announcing a significant breakthrough in the search for a Parkinson's disease biomarker.

Researchers discover neuronal biomarkers of schizophrenia in the blood(hmri.org.au)

87 points by geox 2 years ago | 41 comments

The doctor who says we can improve our vision – at any age(thetimes.com)

7 points by bookofjoe 1 year ago | 1 comments

FDA clears blood test to aid evaluation for Alzheimer's disease(medicine.washu.edu)

177 points by dabinat 2 months ago | 90 comments

MIT Study Finds AI Use Reprograms the Brain, Leading to Cognitive Decline(publichealthpolicyjournal.com)

438 points by cainxinth 1 year ago | 432 comments

Article reporting on an MIT study claiming that using AI tools like ChatGPT alters brain activity and leads to cognitive decline.

Improving deep sleep may prevent dementia, study finds(monash.edu)

418 points by clouddrover 3 years ago | 381 comments

Monash University news article reporting a study finding that each 1% yearly loss of deep sleep in people over 60 is linked to a 27% higher dementia risk.

Artificial intelligence is losing hype(economist.com)

453 points by bx376 2 years ago | 663 comments

An Economist Free exchange column arguing that artificial intelligence is losing hype and asking whether that signals the technology will eventually succeed.

Tinnitus linked to undetected auditory nerve damage(scitechdaily.com)

750 points by beefman 2 years ago | 401 comments

SciTechDaily article reporting Mass Eye and Ear research linking tinnitus to hidden auditory nerve damage undetected by standard hearing tests.

AI has access to a vastly larger working memory than the human brain(davidepiffer.com)

524 points by rzk 2 months ago | 452 comments

A Substack essay by Davide Piffer arguing that AI's edge over mathematicians comes from a vast symbolic working memory rather than superior reasoning.

One in ten people are older than 65. Three in four live under a leader who is(hannahritchie.substack.com)

50 points by gumby 11 days ago | 22 comments

Hannah Ritchie's Substack post analyzing the ages of world leaders and how long they've held power compared to the populations they govern.