Health
Eating lots of 'ultra-processed' foods could harm your brain
Chips, pizza, cookies: Delicious, but a diet full of ultra-processed foods like these may contribute to brain deterioration, researchers report.
Dec 6, 2022
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News tagged with cognitive decline
Neuroscience
Hormone causes decline in cognition after social stress
How does stress influence our cognitive performance? This is an issue scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Munich have been dealing with. For the first time, they have identified a brain mechanism that ...
Jun 2, 2016
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Researchers discover what may be earliest stage of Alzheimer's disease
Older adults with elevated levels of brain-clogging plaques—but otherwise normal cognition—experience faster mental decline suggestive of Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study led by the Keck School of Medicine ...
Jun 13, 2017
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
An experimental Alzheimer's drug reverses genetic changes thought to spur the disease
Aging takes its toll on the brain, and the cells of the hippocampus—a brain region with circuitry crucial to learning and memory—are particularly vulnerable to changes that can lead to Alzheimer's disease or cognitive ...
May 3, 2016
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Cardiology
Scientists discover new cause of Alzheimer's, vascular dementia
Researchers have discovered a new avenue of cell death in Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia.
Sep 5, 2023
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Neuroscience
Hit the sleep 'sweet spot' to keep brain sharp
Like so many other good things in life, sleep is best in moderation. A multiyear study of older adults found that both short and long sleepers experienced greater cognitive decline than people who slept a moderate amount, ...
Oct 20, 2021
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Rapid loss of smell predicts dementia and smaller brain areas linked to Alzheimer's
Though we often undervalue our ability to smell compared to our abilities to see and hear, our olfactory sense provides our brain with critical information, from detecting potential dangers like smoke to recognizing the sweet ...
Jul 28, 2022
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
How and why resistance training is imperative for older adults
For many older adults, resistance training may not be part of their daily routine, but a new position statement suggests it is vital to improving their health and longevity.
Jul 25, 2019
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Smell test may predict early stages of Alzheimer's disease
Researchers from Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC), New York State Psychiatric Institute, and NewYork-Presbyterian reported that an odor identification test may prove useful in predicting cognitive decline and detecting ...
Jul 26, 2016
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Neuroscience
The hippocampus underlies the link between slowed walking and mental decline
The connection between slowed walking speed and declining mental acuity appears to arise in the right hippocampus, a finger-shaped region buried deep in the brain at ear-level, according to a 14-year study conducted by scientists ...
Jun 28, 2017
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