Archive - Preventive Neurology Newsletter

How bad is prediabetes in the elderly?

Prediabetes is common in older adults. However, the progression from prediabetes to diabetes is uncommon and the regression to normoglycemia or the…

Mar 7, 2022 •

Gavin Giovannoni

February 2022

Can we predict MS?

Pipedreams and possibilities

Feb 18, 2022 •

How early is early when it comes to preventing dementia?

We have to start our #BrainHealth, #HeartHealth and #MetabolicHealth messages and lifestyle changes when we are young if we want to maintain our…

Feb 7, 2022 •

Gavin Giovannoni

January 2022

Vitamin D and prevention of autoimmune diseases

It has always been argued that low vitamin D levels are a consequence of autoimmune disease rather than a risk factor for developing autoimmunity. Have…

Jan 31, 2022 •

Gavin Giovannoni

Making MS genetics more representative

Our new study - ADAMS - is trying to understand whether MS genetics differs across different ancestral backgrounds: https://app.mantal.co.uk/adams

Jan 28, 2022 •

Dementia Tsunami

Can we change the trajectory with interventions that can prevent dementia? This is what we are working towards in the preventive neurology unit or PNU.

Jan 19, 2022 •

Gavin Giovannoni

How does having cataracts increase your risk of dementia?

Cataracts filter out blue-light, which is associated with cognitive function and Alzheimer’s disease. Or is it another mechanism?

Jan 10, 2022 •

Gavin Giovannoni

Are we one step closer to proving EBV is the cause of MS?

Moderna announces first participant dosed in phase 1 study of its mRNA Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) vaccine.

Jan 7, 2022 •

Gavin Giovannoni

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December 2021

Obesity is causally linked to so many diseases - what are your risks?

At a population level, the prevention of childhood and adolescent obesity may lower the incidence of MS by as much as 15-20%. The challenge is how do we…

Dec 17, 2021 •

Gavin Giovannoni

November 2021

e-Cigarettes as medicine

Although e-cigarettes are associated with some harms, these harms are much lower than than the harms associated with smoking. As will all medicinal…

Nov 1, 2021 •

Gavin Giovannoni

October 2021

Concussive head injury

How influential will this damning report be in changing local, regional, national and international sporting bodies approaches to concussive head…

Oct 21, 2021 •

Gavin Giovannoni

Genomics vs. Metabolomics: who will win?

Big data that includes metabolic data may provide us with new intermediate phenotypes for testing preventive interventions early in the causal pathway…

Oct 15, 2021 •

Gavin Giovannoni

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