Other possible causes leading to eclampsia include carrying more than one baby, and a history of diabetes, kidney disease, lupus and rheumatoid arthritis. African-American women are at a higher risk of preeclampsia, as are women over age 35, teen pregnancies and first pregnancies.
MRI Can Detect Early Stages of Alzheimer's Disease. the Psychiatry Advisor take: Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a new, noninvasive magnetic resonance imaging probe that they say can identify the start of Alzheimerâs disease years before symptoms appear.
The pattern of metabolism change can distinguish between different types of degenerative brain disease. PET scans have recently been developed that detect clusters of amyloid proteins (plaques), which are associated with Alzheimer's dementia, but this type of PET scan is typically used in the research setting.