Dr. Brown: Before celebrating supposed Alzheimer’s treatment, a word of caution - Niagara Now

ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0001-5425-73521,3,5 AbstractBackgroundThere are differences in prevalence and incidence across Europe without updated data for France. The aim of this study was to fill this gap obtaining epidemiological data of French children with celiac disease (CD). MethodsWe used the French Health Data System (SNDS) to identify <18-year-old patients with CD between 2011 and 22. CD identification: 1/hospitalization stay for CD, or 2/ status of CD as long-term disease, or 3/serological diagnosis (two tests for transglutaminase antibodies (TGA) within 13 months and one endomysium antibodies (EMA) test within seven months after a TGA test). Results41690 children with CD were identified over 2011–2022. The male-to-female sex ratio was 0.88. In 2022, the national prevalence was 0.15% among children, ranging from 0.08% in the North-West to 0.25% in the South-East of France. The incidence rate ranged from 12.4 in 2020 to 17.4 per 100000 children in 2012, with a median age increasing from six in 2011 to seven in 2015. Comorbidities included thyroid disease (1.7%), and type 1 diabetes (9.7%).

People who are marginalized or lack access to a primary care provider are at greater risk of early death from newly diagnosed metastatic breast cancer, according to research in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). The Ontario study found nearly one-quarter of people with stage four metastasized breast cancer that has already spread to other sites in the body when it is found - also known as de novo breast cancer - died within six months of diagnosis.

A health care worker reacts while receiving a dose of the Ervebo vaccine against the Ebola virus in Beni, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Oct 16, 2026. (PHOTO/AP)KINSHASA – Africa is grappling with "the most geographically widespread Ebola outbreak in history", according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), as infections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) approach 10,000 and newly reported cases in Kenya and Nigeria raise concerns over the virus's spread across borders. Africa CDC Director-General Jean Kaseya warned Tuesday that the outbreak had already affected multiple countries across three regions of Africa, calling for urgent international support to contain further transmission. Nearly five months after the outbreak was declared in the DRC, the epidemic has claimed more than 4,600 lives in the country and spread to eight of its 26 provinces, while imported infections have exposed vulnerabilities in cross-border disease surveillance.

Researchers from the Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC will lead a worldwide effort to map how eight common psychiatric disorders affect brain function, supported by a five-year, $3.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. The Global Initiative for Harmonized Functional MRI in Psychiatry will analyze over 94,000 brain scans collected at 257 research sites in 27 countries, from participants ages 4 to 95. The project covers schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder, and anorexia nervosa. The investigators say it will be the largest functional MRI study ever conducted, both in the number of people scanned and the number of labs taking part.