Examine Your Motives Before Pushing Healthy Parents to Make Changes

Dear Carol: Last Christmas, my siblings and I discussed the need for our parents to downsize. We recognize that they are still...


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EDNY Court Awards $23.8MM for Ice Cream Trade Dress Infringement

In Van Leeuwen Ice Cream LLC v. Rebel Creamery LLC, 1:21-cv-02356, (E.D.N.Y.), following a bench trial, Rebel was found to have intentionally infringed and diluted Van Leeuwen’s trade dress. The Court enjoined Rebel from selling the infringing products, ordered Rebel to redesign its packaging to avoid any further infringement, and additionally disgorged Rebel of its profits from selling the infringing pints, leading to a total damages award of $23,785,000 for Van Leeuwen......
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A common vitamin could help fight one of the deadliest brain cancers

A clinical trial is exploring whether high doses of vitamin B3 could give patients with glioblastoma a better chance against the aggressive brain cancer. Scientists found that niacin may help revive immune cells that tumors shut down, allowing them to attack cancer more effectively. Early results have been promising, with patients showing significantly better progression-free survival than expected.


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Hospital Delirium: Cognitive Decline After Hospitalization

In the expected course of treatment, people are hospitalized because they are ill. Then, barring a terminal condition, they are released because...


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Women taking estrogen had fewer signs of Alzheimer’s in their brains

Women who used estrogen-only hormone therapy later in life were less likely to develop dementia and showed fewer signs of Alzheimer’s disease in their brains, according to a large study of more than 21,000 participants. Hormone therapy use was linked to 39% lower odds of a dementia diagnosis and 35% lower odds of Alzheimer’s-related brain changes at autopsy, including amyloid plaques and tau tangles. Biomarker tests also suggested less amyloid buildup among hormone therapy users.


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