Psychology & Psychiatry
Dementia caregivers' stress leads to sleep deprivation
New Edith Cowan University (ECU) research has found 94 per cent of Australians caring for a loved one with dementia are sleep deprived.
Oct 1, 2020
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News tagged with cognitive outcomes
Neuroscience
Using infrared eye tracking to study infant behavior
A new study from the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology describes how existing infrared technology can be adapted to measure recognition memory and other cognitive outcomes in infants.
Aug 14, 2020
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Health
Health care intervention: Treating high-need, high-cost patients
In crisis and with nowhere else to turn, thousands of patients with complex needs—serious mental and physical health problems and substance use disorders—every year flock to emergency rooms in Harris County, Texas and ...
Oct 18, 2019
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Surgery
Study identifies human performance deficiencies associated with adverse surgical events
In the surgical setting, the concept "to err is human" could potentially be a matter of life and death. In an effort to identify surgical errors that could be prevented, researchers at Baylor College of Medicine conducted ...
Jul 31, 2019
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Diabetes
Late-life diabetes status tied to new cognitive impairment
(HealthDay)—Having diabetes, poor glycemic control, and longer diabetes duration are associated with worse cognitive outcomes in older adults during a median follow-up of five years, according to a study recently published ...
Jun 19, 2019
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
New PET imaging biomarker could better predict progression of Alzheimer's disease
Researchers have discovered a way to better predict progression of Alzheimer's disease. By imaging microglial activation levels with positron emission tomography (PET), researchers were able to better predict progression ...
Apr 4, 2019
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Health
Diet quality in midlife not linked to later risk for dementia
(HealthDay)—Diet quality in midlife is not associated with subsequent dementia risk, according to a study published in the March 12 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Mar 13, 2019
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
New studies report drug focused approach insufficient to manage ICU delirium
The results of two new Regenstrief Institute trials published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society underscore and confirm the need to look to options other than medication to lower the duration or severity of ...
Mar 5, 2019
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Genetics
Genetic risk score for autism associated with outcome in CBT
Depression is a common disorder for which cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is the recommended treatment for most patients. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have now studied how genetic factors relate to differences ...
Nov 26, 2018
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Study hard and you might lower your chances of dementia
Every year hundreds of elderly students gather in Toronto for convocation, in-person and online, anxiously awaiting their diplomas. Some are in their nineties; some have dementia.
Nov 1, 2018
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