News tagged with cognitive decline
Related topics: dementia , older adults , alzheimer s disease , cognitive functioning , brain
Scientists develop promising therapy for Huntington's disease
(Medical Xpress)—There's new hope in the fight against Huntington's disease. A group of researchers that includes scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley ...
Neuroscience
Nov 01, 2012 |
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High blood pressure damages the brain in early middle age
Uncontrolled high blood pressure damages the brain's structure and function as early as young middle-age, and even the brains of middle-aged people who clinically would not be considered to have hypertension have evidence ...
Neuroscience
Oct 31, 2012 |
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Drug shows promise in animal model of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's with dementia
New research presented in October at the 6th Neurodegenerative Conditions Research and Development Conference in San Francisco demonstrates the role of the investigational compound IRX4204 in alleviating cognitive decline ...
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Oct 26, 2012 |
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Sling offers lasting benefit for stress urinary incontinence
(HealthDay)—Stress urinary incontinence treatment with a distal urethral polypropylene sling procedure is associated with excellent long-term efficacy and durability, according to research published in ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 22, 2012 |
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Outlining the risk factors to help prevent dementia
(Medical Xpress)—Research shows that managing and treating vascular disease risk factors are not only beneficial to preventing heart disease and stroke, but also common forms of dementia.
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Oct 16, 2012 |
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Plaque build-up in your brain may be more harmful than having Alzheimer's gene
A new study shows that having a high amount of beta amyloid or "plaques" in the brain associated with Alzheimer's disease may cause steeper memory decline in mentally healthy older people than does having the APOE ɛ4 allele, ...
Neuroscience
Oct 15, 2012 |
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Poorer lung health leads to age-related changes in brain function
Keeping the lungs healthy could be an important way to retain thinking functions that relate to problem-solving and processing speed in one's later years, new research suggests.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 09, 2012 |
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Over 65s at increased risk of developing dementia with benzodiazepine
Patients over the age of 65 who begin taking benzodiazepine (a popular drug used to treat anxiety and insomnia) are at an approximately 50% increased risk of developing dementia within 15 years compared to never-users, a ...
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Sep 27, 2012 |
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Taking Ginkgo Biloba does not improve memory
Taking Ginkgo Biloba supplements does not improve memory, attention or problem solving in healthy individuals, according to researchers from the University of Hertfordshire.
Health
Sep 25, 2012 |
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'Brain training' may lessen cognitive impairments associated with coronary bypass surgery
Each year in Quebec, nearly 6000 people undergo coronary bypass surgery. Recovery is long and quality of life is greatly affected, in particular because most patients experience cognitive deficits that affect attention and ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 18, 2012 |
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Surgery has a more profound effect than anesthesia on brain pathology and cognition in Alzheimer's animal model
(Medical Xpress)—A syndrome called "post-operative cognitive decline" has been coined to refer to the commonly reported loss of cognitive abilities, usually in older adults, in the days to weeks after surgery. ...
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Sep 14, 2012 |
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Vitamin C and beta-carotene might protect against dementia
Forgetfulness, lack of orientation, cognitive decline… about 700, 000 Germans suffer from Alzheimer's disease (AD). Now researchers from the University of Ulm, among them the Epidemiologist Professor Gabriele Nagel and ...
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Sep 11, 2012 |
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Even the very elderly and frail can benefit from exercise
A study carried out by Dr. Louis Bherer, PhD (Psychology), Laboratory Director and Researcher at the Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal (IUGM), an institution affiliated with Université de Montréal, has shown ...
Health
Sep 06, 2012 |
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Memory in older men saved by 'Ram'
(Medical Xpress)—Having access to a personal computer lowers or decreases the risk of cognitive decline and dementia in older men by up to 40 per cent, according to researchers at The University of Western ...
Health
Sep 04, 2012 |
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Study links delirium and long-term cognitive decline in Alzheimer's patients
Patients with Alzheimer's disease who suffered episodes of delirium while hospitalized had a sharply increased rate of mental decline for up to five years after being hospitalized compared to those who did not have any such ...
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Aug 20, 2012 |
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