Anaphylaxis due to green beans (): a new phenotype?

Background: Anaphylaxis is a severe allergic reaction with increasing incidence in Europe. It is often caused by food, insect venom, and drugs. White, red, and green beans () are legumes of the family consumed worldwide.

Public Health.

Background: During the pandemic, Social Isolation (SI) and the perception of loneliness emerged as critical factors associated with significant psychological and physical impacts (Tyrrell, C. & Williams, N., 2020; González, D.

Developing Topics.

Background: Despite women showing greater pathological tau burden than men in the preclinical and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) stages of Alzheimer's disease (AD), they show a cognitive advantage, particularly in verbal memory, followed by a steeper decline. Thus, the question of sex differences in the clinical manifestation of AD pathology is important, but underexamined. Among preclinical AD and MCI participants, we examined sex differences in the relationship of changes in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pTau181/Aβ42 (pTau/Aβ) ratio to changes in verbal memory.

Dementia Care Practice.

Background: A critical need to increase Alzheimer's disease (AD) screening exists given rising incidence, new disease-modifying treatments, and ill-equipped primary care settings. This study assessed the feasibility of a novel, community-based AD screening program to increase cognitive and retinal-based assessments.

Methods: An observational study, supported by the Davos Alzheimer's Collaborative, assessed the utility of leveraging community-based settings to increase rates of cognitive assessment (conducted by Alzheimer Society (AS) social workers [SWs]) and RetiSpec's AI-based eye test in optometry settings to detect biologic signatures of AD (plus participant survey).