Month: November 2023

Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease via resting-state EEG: integration of spectrum, complexity, and synchronization signal features

BackgroundAlzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common neurogenerative disorder, making up 70% of total dementia cases with a prevalence of more than 55 million people. Electroencephalogram (EEG) has become a suitable, accurate, and highly sensitive biomarker for the identification and diagnosis of AD.MethodsIn this study, a public database of EEG resting state-closed eye recordings containing […]

Published on November 7, 2023

Depression Accelerates Death in People With Diabetes

Many people with Type 2 diabetes also struggle with depression, and this combination can lead to premature death, researchers say. “More than 35 million Americans have diabetes, and more than 95 million have prediabetes, making diabetes one of the leading causes of death in… Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, […]

Published on November 7, 2023

Ketamine Use for Pain Soars Despite Little Research

As U.S. doctors scale back their use of opioid painkillers, a new option for hard-to-treat pain is taking root: ketamine, the decades-old surgical drug that is now a trendy psychedelic therapy. Prescriptions for ketamine have soared in recent years, driven by for-profit… Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., is […]

Published on November 7, 2023