Medical Oddities: Brain Health, Sunny-Side Up

• by Teraya Smith

• May 5, 2026

FDA approves tau PET imaging agent

The F18-labeled agent is indicated for brain PET imaging to identify tau neurofibrillary tangle pathology.

• by Kathryn Wighton

• August 14, 2026

• 2 min

Hospital Admission May Raise Health Care Spending in Dementia

Quasi-experimental analysis of nearly 900,000 emergency department visits found no evidence of lower mortality among admitted patients.

• by Andrea Surnit

• June 9, 2026

• 3 min

Handwriting Kinematics Differentiate Cognitive Impairment

“Diagnostic differentiation emerged only under tasks imposing higher cognitive-motor demands.”

• by Kathryn Wighton

• June 1, 2026

• 3 min