Claire Pomeroy

Traumatic head injuries from contact sports may cause lasting inflammation & long-term blood-brain barrier damage, per Science Magazine study. 🧪 🧠 MRIs of 47 retired athletes showed clear markers of barrier disruption, including altered expression of complement receptors: https://ow.ly/hA0o50Z6mqc

☕🧪Moderate caffeine (2-3 cups coffee/1-2 tea daily) may lower dementia risk & slow cognitive decline, per 43-year obs. JAMA study of 130K healthcare workers. Even those with high intake (up to 5 cups) had 18% less dementia risk than those that drank little or no caffeine: https://ow.ly/XYJz50YRM0y

Chronic pain increases depression risk, but neural mechanisms linking persistent pain to affective dysfunction remain unclear. Per new study in Science Magazine, human & rodent data link chronic pain to hippocampus early expansion then atrophy, w microglia as key regulators:https://ow.ly/cYPV50YBOZ0

Study of a Phase 3 trial published in NEJM.org suggests the drug atacicept may help treat the kidney disease IgA nephropathy. Patients taking atacicept had a ~46% drop in protein in their urine vs. ~7% with the placebo: https://ow.ly/Zf3w50YspqH 🧪 #NationalKidneyMonth #KidneyDay #MedSky