🐄 The Alzheimer's speech test

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Read online 👋 Welcome to Healthy, Again. Every day, our team scours hundreds of sources to find information that helps you take back your health: real food, holistic thinking, and time-tested wisdom for you and your family.     Not interested in health news? Unsubscribe here →       1 Speech patterns may predict dementia years before symptoms appear 2 Teens are taking cancer drugs to grow taller 3 Eating less protein might slow down aging     01  Speech patterns may predict dementia years before symptoms appear Researchers are finding that the way you talk, including how fast you speak, how often you pause, and even how you chew, can reveal early signs of Alzheimer's risk long before memory problems show up. In a recent study from Mass General Brigham, speech analysis correctly identified people at higher risk for Alzheimer's 77 percent of the time. Standard cognitive tests got it right only 47 percent of the time. The approach works because speaking is surprisingly complex. Your brain has to find words, remember what you were saying, move your mouth and tongue in coordination, and adjust your tone, all at once. When something starts to go wrong in the brain, those tiny signals show up in speech years before anyone notices a problem.         02  Teens are taking cancer drugs to grow taller A bladder cancer medication called erdafitinib is showing up on black markets, bought by teenage boys who heard online it might make them taller. The trend, called "heightmaxxing," started after medical case reports noted unexpected growth spurts in children receiving the drug for brain tumors. One teenager grew more than five inches during treatment but developed serious bone problems afterward. Doctors say the growth is not healthy. The drug blocks cellular signals involved in cancer, but those same signals help bones develop properly.         Same Driver, Same Car. 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One key player seems to be a hormone called FGF21, which rises when protein drops and helps the body burn energy more efficiently and keep inflammation in check.         ✿ QUICK HITS — ON OUR RADAR Heavier drinkers carry more visceral fat, the deep abdominal kind tied to diabetes and heart disease. The link held even after accounting for total body fat, age, and exercise. Two common PFAS are tied to aggressive breast cancer. Women with the highest blood levels of these forever chemicals found in nonstick cookware and food packaging had up to 93 percent higher rates of ER-negative breast cancer in an NIH study of nearly 4,000 women. Amazon Web Services is putting $100 million toward health AI over five years. The Health Impact Initiative will fund nonprofits, research institutions, and government agencies working on food access, women's and children's health, and expanding healthcare in underserved communities.     *Indicates content from our sponsors THE COMMUNITY SECTION     ✿ SOUND OFF Will you cut back on protein after this new research? Want your comment to be featured? Be sure to include your name. Yes, I'll eat less No, I'm keeping it high I'll wait for more research I'm not sure       ✿ POP QUIZ How often did speech analysis correctly flag people at higher risk for Alzheimer's in the Mass General Brigham study? 47 percent of the time 77 percent of the time 93 percent of the time Basically none of the time       ✿ POLL RESULTS — FROM LAST EDITION Should fluoride be removed from public drinking water? 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️ Yes, take it out (209) 🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ No, keep it in (13) 🟩🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ Lower the levels instead (51) 🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ I'm not sure (13) Yes, take it out: I’ve studied the reports on the health effects of fluoride. It should be removed from our water ASAP. — Nathan Yes, take it out: If using fluoride toothpaste is effective, why do we need to drink it? It never made any sense to me. — Bryan Lower the levels instead: Stick to the recommended levels. Fluoride is necessary and has been around for 80 years. — Dennis   286 votes                                                                                                                                         ​                           ​                   Don’t want more emails? Unsubscribe here →     Thanks for reading. Take care of yourself, and forward this to someone who needs it. — The Healthy, Again Team   © 2026 Healthy, Again. PO Box 960019 Inwood, NY 11096, United States Unsubscribe