News tagged with cognitive impairment

Related topics: dementia , older adults , mild cognitive impairment , brain , cognitive decline




Researcher finds exercise may be intervention for Down syndrome

(Medical Xpress)—Marcus Santellan's aunt says he's more talkative at home, using longer sentences, now that he's in an exercise program at Arizona State University. The young man with Down syndrome (DS) ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Mar 06, 2013 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers identify possible treatment window for memory problems

Researchers have identified a possible treatment window of several years for plaques in the brain that are thought to cause memory loss in diseases such as Alzheimer's. The Mayo Clinic study is published in the Feb. 27 online ...

Neuroscience created Feb 27, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

It's not just amyloid: White matter hyperintensities and Alzheimer's disease

(Medical Xpress)—New findings by Columbia researchers suggest that along with amyloid deposits, white matter hyperintensities (WMHs) may be a second necessary factor for the development of Alzheimer's disease.

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Feb 19, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Paving the way for better sleep in Alzheimer's

A new sleep pattern monitoring system has been developed by UK researchers to help spot sleep disturbance in people diagnosed with early dementia. The system, known as PAViS, could be used remotely by healthcare workers to ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Feb 19, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Technique moves practical Alzheimer diagnosis one step closer to reality

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health are moving closer to a significant milepost in the battle against Alzheimer's disease: identifying the first signs of decline in the ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Feb 12, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Gene is marker only for mild cognitive impairment

Defying the widely held belief that a specific gene is the biggest risk factor for Alzheimer's disease, two Cornell developmental psychologists and their colleagues report that people with that gene are more ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Feb 12, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Vascular brain injury greater risk factor than amyloid plaques in cognitive aging

Vascular brain injury from conditions such as high blood pressure and stroke are greater risk factors for cognitive impairment among non-demented older people than is the deposition of the amyloid plaques in the brain that ...

Neuroscience created Feb 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Technology has unprecedented ability to detect and diagnose Alzheimer's

A revolutionary technology has the ability to detect and diagnose Alzheimer's disease with unprecedented accuracy. The computerized technique known as SNIPE analyzes magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Feb 06, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study shows one in three children with MS has cognitive impairment

(Medical Xpress)—Data from the largest multicenter study accessing cognitive functioning in children with multiple sclerosis (MS) reveals that one-third of these patients have cognitive impairment, according ...

Neuroscience created Feb 06, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study identifies biomarker and potential therapy target in multiple sclerosis

Researchers from Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason (BRI) have found that proteins in the IL-6 signaling pathway may be leveraged as novel biomarkers of multiple sclerosis (MS) to gauge disease activity and as ...

Immunology created Jan 30, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cardiac disease linked to higher risk of mental impairment

Cardiac disease is associated with increased risk of mild cognitive impairment such as problems with language, thinking and judgment—particularly among women with heart disease, a Mayo Clinic study shows. Known as nonamnestic ...

Neuroscience created Jan 28, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A brain protein called vimentin can indicate damage to the hippocampus following binge drinking

Chronic drinking is known to have detrimental health effects such as cardiac and liver problems, cognitive impairments, and brain damage. Binge drinking in particular is known to increase the risk of developing dementia and/or ...

Health created Jan 22, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tracing the impact of amyloid beta in mild cognitive impairment

The amount of amyloid β (Aβ) in the brains of people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is contributing to early memory loss, and increases with severity of symptoms, finds a study in BioMed Central's ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Jan 15, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Passive smoking increases risk of severe dementia, according to study in China

Passive smoking, also known as 'second-hand' smoke or environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), is known to cause serious cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, including coronary heart disease and lung cancer. However, until ...

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Intensive training for aphasia: Even older patients can improve

Older adults who have suffered from aphasia for a long time can nevertheless improve their language function and maintain these improvements in the long term, according to a study by Dr. Ana Inés Ansaldo, PhD, a researcher ...

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