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Up to one in five patients treated for idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus, iNPH, also develop Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study from the University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital.

Researchers discovered that people with memory disorders, multiple sclerosis (MS) and schizophrenia, among other conditions, have an older-looking brain than it really is.

Early symptoms of frontotemporal dementia are often confused with symptoms occurring in psychiatric disorders. Serum neurofilament levels can be used as a diagnostic tool to differentiate between these conditions.

A recent Finnish study showed that more physically active and fit children have better cardiac regulation than less active and fit children.