A Promising Way To Reverse Cognitive Decline Just Failed a Major Clinical Test
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Restoring blood flow to the brain seemed a promising way to protect thinking skills, but opening severely narrowed arteries did not deliver the cognitive boost researchers hoped for. A Columbia-led randomized trial found that people with severe carotid artery narrowing gained no additional cognitive benefit from stenting or surgery compared with medication alone over one [...]
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