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Ian Kremer @leadcoalition.bsky.social · 28m

What the Science Says: Long COVID, Brain Health, and Cognitive Decline beingpatient.com/what-the-sci... by @beingpatient.bsky.social

#COVID #LongCovid #Alzheimers #dementia #science

What the Science Says: Long COVID, Brain Health, and Cognitive Decline

Researchers are uncovering how COVID-19 affects the brain, from inflammation to brain fog, and what it could mean for Alzheimer’s risk.

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Ian Kremer @leadcoalition.bsky.social · 2h

Risk of stroke associated with risperidone in dementia with and without co-morbid cardiovascular disease: population-based matched cohort study www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

#Alzheimers #dementia #stroke #geriatrics #neurology #cardiology

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Kaplan–Meier plots depicting the cumulative incidence of stroke in matched controls and risperidone users. Blue dashed line indicates risperidone users. Shading represents 95% confidence intervals. CVD, cardiovascular disease.

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Danielle Beckman @daniellebeckman.bsky.social · 19h

Viral trigger in Alzheimer’s disease is the real scary spooky #FluorescenceFriday.
Amyloid-β🟣 is an antimicrobial peptide that can be produced to trap pathogens in the brain. But it also induces an extensive neuroinflammatory response, as shown here with 🟠astrocytes. #NeuroCovid

Confocal microscopy photo showing astrocytes and amyloid-B

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MingTheMerciless @m1ngthemerciless.bsky.social · 4h

This is very sad news. #dementia #alzheimer's seniorsdiscountclub.com.au/threads/when...

When champions can't remember: Allan Moffat's courageous battle with dementia

The man who once tamed Mount Panorama with nerves of steel now sits quietly in a Melbourne care home, unable to recall the roar of crowds or the thrill of victory that once defined him. Allan Moffat,...

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Ian Kremer @leadcoalition.bsky.social · 15h

In a patently illegal action, the Trump administration has begun mass firings of federal workers amid the federal government shutdown wapo.st/4mUH2s1

Trump administration begins laying off federal workers amid shutdown

White House budget director Russell Vought said reductions in force were underway.

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Ian Kremer @leadcoalition.bsky.social · 15h

Ms. GT, thank you so much for including me among so many wonderful people. Congressman Lewis reminded us about finding Good Trouble and finding joy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Qch...

Congressman John Lewis Dancing to Pharrell Williams' "Happy": "Nothing Can Bring Me Down"

YouTube video by Rachelle O'Neil

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Ian Kremer @leadcoalition.bsky.social · 19h

Top Democrat demands more detail from Medicare insurers about their use of AI www.statnews.com/2025/10/09/b... by @caseyross.bsky.social @statnews.com

#Medicare #insurance #ArtificialIntelligence #AI

Top Democrat demands more detail from Medicare insurers about their use of AI

A key Democrat is asking top Medicare Advantage insurers about how they use artificial intelligence in decisions about medical care and coverage.

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Ian Kremer @leadcoalition.bsky.social · 22h

Please share for every caregiver who has felt overwhelmed, inadequate and helpless: You don’t have to be perfect. Doing what you are able — the best that you are able, when you are able — is plenty.

(image via @jaybird54.bsky.social) #Alzheimers #dementia #autism #mentalhealth #caregiving

We need to normalize admitting when we’re overwhelmed. Like, genuinely saying, “I have seventeen things on my plate right now and adding one more might make me cry in a parking lot somewhere.”

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Ian Kremer @leadcoalition.bsky.social · 23h

Please check out my new "Fearless" Starter Pack with lots of lovely folks bending the arc of the moral universe toward justice.

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Ian Kremer @leadcoalition.bsky.social · 1d

Synaptic changes in the brains of patients with frontotemporal dementia can be modeled in patient-derived neurons in the laboratory uef.fi/en/article/s...

#FTD #genetics #science #neuroscience #NeuroSkyence

Synaptic changes in the brains of patients with frontotemporal dementia can be modelled in patient-derived neurons in the laboratory

Neurons produced from frontotemporal dementia patients’ skin biopsies using modern stem cell technology recapitulate the synaptic loss and dysfunction detected in the patients’ brains.

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Therese 88 @therese88.bsky.social · 4d

Thought on
Kindness 💭

Thoughts on Kindness Picture of a aqua colored flower open and on it written

"How beautiful a day can be when kindness touches it."

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Banu Ozkazanc-Pan @banuop.bsky.social · 4d

More coded language from the far right about who belongs in the US or more appropriately, who the US belongs to: Heritage Americans www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

Are You a ‘Heritage American’?

Why the far right wants to know if your ancestors were here during the Civil War.

www.theatlantic.com

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Ian Kremer @leadcoalition.bsky.social · 1d

Researchers develop new method to track Alzheimer’s disease in real time www.strath.ac.uk/whystrathcly... by @unistrathclyde.bsky.social

#Alzheimers #dementia #health #wellness #science

Flat fiber-based photometry realizes fluorescent signals reflective of amyloid pathology in 5xFAD mice. (a) Flat fiber-based photometry system allows 405-nm LED light to pass through the flat fiber implanted in either 5xFAD or WT mouse brain. Emitted fluorescence light passes back through the flat fiber before being filtered to cut out excitation light and being focused onto a PMT. The light path was controlled by a series of mirrors (M), filters (F), and lenses (L). (b) Schematic of the experimental design. Mice were injected with Methoxy-X04 the day before being terminally anesthetized for photometry recordings. After, brain tissue was retrieved for histology, where photometry and histology signals underwent correlation analysis. Part of the diagram was created in BioRender. (c) Left: example in vivo fluorescent and post-mortem histology depth profiles. Solid line shows the median smoothed signal (window size: 4). Top right: coronal brain slice showing the flat fiber penetration track surrounded by Methoxy-X04-stained amyloid pathology. The white dashed line shows the penetration track. Scale: 1 mm. Bottom right: correlation analysis comparing photometry and histology depth profiles (r, Spearman’s rho). The black line shows a fitted linear regression. (d) Summary correlation coefficients across three different implant sites (two-sample t-test). 5xFAD, n=13 recordings from six mice. WT, n=11 recordings from seven mice. Squares, males; circles, females. (e) Classification performance based on in vivo photometry-based depth profiles.

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Ian Kremer @leadcoalition.bsky.social · 1d

A new chip could help scientists track Alzheimer’s disease as it unfolds in real time www.concordia.ca/cunews/encs/... by @concordia.ca

#Alzheimers #dementia #science #neuroscience #NeuroSkyence

RESEARCH: A new chip could help scientists track Alzheimer’s disease as it unfolds in real time | News - Concordia University

Researchers at Concordia and McGill create a portable, label-free device that monitors brain immune cells reactions to disease-causing proteins

www.concordia.ca

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Ian Kremer @leadcoalition.bsky.social · 1d

Just your friendly reminder that President Obama has a #NobelPrize. Though, to be fair, they hand those things out like candy -- my big brother got one also (but 10 years later and in economics, so it probably shouldn't count).

On this day in 2009, former President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize for what the Norwegian Nobel Committee called "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples."

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Ian Kremer @leadcoalition.bsky.social · 1d

Pets don't judge people living with dementia. People could learn a lot from pets.

(image: @allontheboard.bsky.social) #Alzheimers #dementia #kindness #poetry

"Pets love You
Unconditionally
And never talk about you
Behind your back;
Pets are loyal,
They won't put you down
Or tell you what you lack.
Pets lessen loneliness
And give you purpose every day;
Pets keep you company,
They make you smile and play.
Pets help to reduce stress
And are good for sanity,
Pets can teach the human race
So much about humanity."

@allontheboard

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Ian Kremer @leadcoalition.bsky.social · 1d

Court ruling allows Medicare to negotiate prices for larger number of drugs www.statnews.com/2025/10/07/a... via @statnews.com

#Medicare #pharmacy #insurance #MedSky

Court ruling allows Medicare to negotiate prices for larger number of drugs

A federal appeals court ruling could allow Medicare to negotiate prices for larger number of drugs.

www.statnews.com

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Ian Kremer @leadcoalition.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for thinking of me, Al. :-) Following most already and will check out the other folks!

Ian Kremer @leadcoalition.bsky.social · 1d

Antidepressant-Resistant Depression Increases Dementia Risk in Older Adults psychiatryadvisor.com/news/antidep... by @psychiatryadvisor.bsky.social

#Alzheimers #dementia #depression #mentalhealth #psychiatry #geriatrics #neurology

image of an older man staring blankly as pills fall all around him

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Ian Kremer @leadcoalition.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you, Marcie! If I could dance, I'd be dancing with joy. :-)

a man and a woman are dancing on a dance floor with the word grease on the bottom

Alt: John Travolta and Olivia Newton John dance scene from the movie "Grease"

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Ian Kremer @leadcoalition.bsky.social · 2d

Stigma around Alzheimer’s delays treatment in Latino community timesofsandiego.com/opinion/2025...

#Alzheimers #dementia #health #wellness

Opinion: Stigma around Alzheimer’s delays treatment in Latino community

The evidence is crystal clear: the largest barrier to Alzheimer’s treatment in Latino communities is the stigma associated with cognitive decline.

timesofsandiego.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Ian Kremer @leadcoalition.bsky.social · 2d

Study Uncovers Brain Pathways Connected to Alzheimer’s Memory Loss and Mood Changes news.unchealthcare.org/2025/10/stud...

#Alzheimers #dementia #mentalhealth #health

Study Uncovers Brain Pathways Connected to Alzheimer’s Memory Loss and Mood Changes | Newsroom

A new study published in Neuron, led by Juan Song, PhD, sheds light on how Alzheimer’s disease affects the brain. The findings could lead to new forms of therapy.

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Ian Kremer @leadcoalition.bsky.social · 2d

Let's all raise awareness about the power of #music in lives of people facing #Alzheimers disease and related forms of #dementia.

#happiness #quote

"Dear music, thank you for always clearing my head, healing my heart, and lifting my spirits." ~ Lori Deschene

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Ian Kremer @leadcoalition.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks, Clay! Just to clarify, it is a social justice starter pack. I do that through work on Alzheimer's/dementia issues, others might do it on economics, environment, education, science, democracy, rule of law, or myriad other topics. Not left or right, but ethical or unethical.