Deans' stroke musings: Brain Iron Levels Predict Cognitive Decline Risk

Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain! trillions and trillions of neurons that DIE each day because there are NO effective hyperacute therapies besides tPA(only 12% effective). I have 523 posts on hyperacute therapy, enough for researchers to spend decades proving them out. These are my personal ideas and blog on stroke rehabilitation and stroke research. Do not attempt any of these without checking with your medical provider. Unless you join me in agitating, when you need these therapies they won't be there.

What this blog is for:

My blog is not to help survivors recover, it is to have the 10 million yearly stroke survivors light fires underneath their doctors, stroke hospitals and stroke researchers to get stroke solved. 100% recovery. The stroke medical world is completely failing at that goal, they don't even have it as a goal. Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It lays out what needs to be done to get stroke survivors closer to 100% recovery. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.

Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Brain Iron Levels Predict Cognitive Decline Risk

Your competent? doctor already knew about this and had the dietician CREATE EXACT DIET PROTOCOLS, RIGHT? NO? So, you having a fucking incompetent doctor then? RUN AWAY!

Diets That Reduce Brain Iron May Delay Cognitive Decline December 2024

The latest here:

Brain Iron Levels Predict Cognitive Decline Risk

Summary: A new study demonstrates that brain iron levels, measured with a special MRI technique, can predict cognitive decline years before symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease appear. Researchers followed 158 cognitively healthy older adults and found that higher iron levels in memory-related regions of the brain were associated with a greater risk of mild cognitive impairment.

This risk was even higher when participants also showed amyloid buildup, highlighting the interaction of multiple factors in dementia. The findings suggest QSM MRI could serve as a valuable tool for early detection and a pathway to new treatments targeting brain iron.

Key Facts

Iron Detection: Quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) MRI precisely measures brain iron noninvasively.
Risk Link: Higher iron levels in key brain regions predicted mild cognitive impairment and faster decline.
Dual Target: Iron may act as both a biomarker for early diagnosis and a potential treatment target.

Source: RSNA

A special MRI technique that detects iron levels in different regions of the brain can predict the onset of mild cognitive impairment and cognitive decline in cognitively unimpaired older adults, potentially creating a pathway to earlier interventions, according to a study published today in Radiology.