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Filtered coffee consumption was associated with lower biological age-acceleration measures in nearly 50,000 UK Biobank participants, while instant coffee showed the opposite pattern. The cross-sectional analysis did not establish causality and remains hypothesis-generating.

A large ECHO Cohort analysis associated several pregnancy urinary chemical biomarkers with modest shifts in gestational age and fetal growth measures. The observational findings did not establish causality.

Prenatal fish oil supplementation was associated with small differences in cerebral blood flow and oxygen metabolism at age 10. Cognitive and psychopathology outcomes showed no significant association.

A plasma p-tau217/Aβ42 ratio accurately identified amyloid-PET positivity in older veterans without traumatic brain injury, but diagnostic performance declined substantially among those with a history of TBI, particularly following more severe injuries.

PrimeC lowered neuron-derived TDP-43 levels in a Phase 2b ALS trial, with earlier analyses reporting functional and survival signals requiring confirmation in a planned pivotal study.

Differences in cerebrospinal fluid proteins distinguished women with multiple sclerosis from age-matched controls in a small exploratory study, highlighting potential hormonal and immune-related biological mechanisms. Findings require validation in larger populations before clinical application.