http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (HealthDay)—A little exercise and some mental stimulation may go a long way toward helping seniors stay sharp, a new, small study suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-mental-physical-seniors-sharp.html Health Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:50:01 EST news284052471 People who are at greater genetic risk of schizophrenia are more likely to see a fall in IQ as they age, even if they do not develop the condition. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-schizophrenia-genes-chance-iq-loss.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:15:47 EST news280664138 New research at the University of Chicago and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill shows that children begin to show signs of higher-level thinking skills as young as age 4 ½. Researchers have previously attributed higher-order thinking development to knowledge acquisition and better schooling, but the new longitudinal study shows that other skills, not always connected with knowledge, play a role in the ability of children to reason analytically. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-children-complex-skills-school.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:17:31 EST news278180242 Women who undergo surgical menopause at an earlier age may have an increased risk of decline in memory and thinking skills, according to a study released today that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 65th Annual Meeting in San Diego, March 16 to 23, 2013. Early surgical menopause is the removal of both ovaries before natural menopause and often accompanies a hysterectomy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-early-surgical-menopause-linked-declines.html Neuroscience Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:00:06 EST news277380972 New research from the University of Helsinki, Finland, suggests that a mother's high blood pressure during pregnancy may have an effect on her child's thinking skills all the way into old age. The study is published in the October 3, 2012, online issue of Neurology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-mom-high-blood-pressure-pregnancy.html Neuroscience Wed, 03 Oct 2012 16:00:03 EST news268488898 A compound developed to treat neuropathic pain has shown potential as an innovative treatment for Alzheimer's disease, according to a study by researchers at Cleveland Clinic's Lerner Research Institute and Anesthesiology Institute. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-potential-drug-treatement-alzheimer-disease.html Alzheimer's disease & dementia Fri, 31 Aug 2012 11:47:53 EST news265632463 (HealthDay) -- Evidence is building that poor sleep patterns may do more than make you cranky: The amount and quality of shuteye you get could be linked to mental deterioration and Alzheimer's disease, four new studies suggest. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-poor-age-brain.html Health Mon, 16 Jul 2012 17:29:50 EST news261678185 Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and Montefiore Medical Center have found that people with a form of mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a risk factor for developing Alzheimer's disease, have twice the risk of dying compared with cognitively normal people. Those with dementia have three times the risk. The findings are being presented at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference in Vancouver this week. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-amnestic-mild-cognitive-impairment-death.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 16 Jul 2012 16:00:01 EST news261672990 Exposure to solvents at work may be associated with reduced thinking skills later in life for those who have less than a high school education, according to a study published in the May 29, 2012, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-solvents-tied-cognitive-problems-less-educated.html Neuroscience Mon, 28 May 2012 16:00:02 EST news257416604 (HealthDay) -- Obesity is associated with reduced memory and thinking skills in adults aged 60 to 70, especially those with greater amounts of abdominal fat, according to a new study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-obesity-linked-poorer-mental-skills.html Health Thu, 22 Mar 2012 11:29:01 EST news251634523 A new study suggests that older people may have an increased risk of problems with memory and thinking abilities after being in the hospital, according to research published in the March 21, 2012, online issue of Neurology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-memory-problems-hospitalized.html Neuroscience Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:00:01 EST news251555796 People who rate their health as poor or fair appear to be significantly more likely to develop dementia later in life, according to a study published in the October 5, 2011, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-youre-poor-health-odds-dementia.html Neuroscience Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:35:21 EST news237051312 Older people with low levels of vitamin B12 in their blood may be more likely to lose brain cells and develop problems with their thinking skills, according to a study published in the September 27, 2011, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Foods that come from animals, including fish, meat, especially liver, milk, eggs and poultry, are usually sources of vitamin B12. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-vitamin-b12-brain-shrinkage-cognitive.html Neuroscience Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:00:04 EST news236267527 A new biomarker may help identify which people with mild memory deficits will go on to develop Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study published in the June 22, 2011, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The biomarker may be more accurate than the currently established biomarkers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-biomarker-early-diagnosis-alzheimer-disease.html Neuroscience Wed, 22 Jun 2011 16:33:20 EST news227979178 Although most teens have the knowledge and reasoning ability to make decisions as rationally as adults, their tendency to make much riskier choices suggests that they still lack some key component of wise decision making. Why is this so? Because adolescents may not bother to use those thinking skills before they act. That's the finding of a new study by researchers at Temple University that appears in the journal Child Development. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-teens.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 17 Jun 2011 03:54:47 EST news227501669 Greater awareness of 'specific language impairment' (SLI), a language disorder, is needed to ensure better outcomes for the 3-6 per cent of UK school children affected by this disability. Children with SLI have difficulties with most or all aspects of language including grammar, vocabulary and literacy as well as with short term memory. According to new research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), they also have problems with higher order thinking skills. SLI may have a greater impact on these children than the better know disorder, dyslexia. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-teachers-greater-awareness-language-disorders.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 19 May 2011 04:02:39 EST news224996248