News tagged with memory loss

Related topics: alzheimer s disease , brain , dementia , memory , mild cognitive impairment




Research advocates behavior-based treatment as an option for dementia patients

Dementia -- an acute loss of cognitive ability -- can be marked by memory loss, decreased attention span, and disorientation. It occurs in severe disorders such as Alzheimer's disease. Despite the fact that the condition ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Computer model of spread of dementia can predict future disease patterns years before they occur

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College have developed a computer program that has tracked the manner in which different forms of dementia spread within a human brain. They say their mathematic model can be used to predict ...

Neuroscience created Mar 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study explains how shock therapy might ease severe depression

(HealthDay) -- A small new study gives insight into how electroshock therapy, an effective yet poorly understood treatment for severe depression, affects the brains of depressed people.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New research may have discovered how memories are encoded in our brains

University of Alberta led research may have discovered how memories are encoded in our brains.

Neuroscience created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Just 60 seconds of combat impairs memory

Just 60 seconds of all-out physical exertion in a threatening situation can seriously damage the memories of those involved for many details of the incident, according to a new study of police officers.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Researchers crack degeneration process that leads to Alzheimer's

A research group led by Dr. A. Claudio Cuello of McGill University's Faculty of Medicine, Dept. of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, has uncovered a critical process in understanding the degeneration of brain cells sensitive ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Mar 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Strong scientific evidence that eating berries benefits the brain

Strong scientific evidence exists that eating blueberries, blackberries, strawberries and other berry fruits has beneficial effects on the brain and may help prevent age-related memory loss and other changes, scientists report. ...

Health created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Finding unseen damage of traumatic brain injury

The soldier on the fringes of an explosion. The survivor of a car wreck. The football player who took yet another skull-rattling hit. Too often, only time can tell when a traumatic brain injury will leave ...

Neuroscience created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Mitochondrial dysfunction present early in Alzheimer's, before memory loss

Mitochondria -- subunits inside cells that produce energy -- have long been thought to play a role in Alzheimer's disease. Now Mayo Clinic researchers using genetic mouse models have discovered that mitochondria in the brain ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Effects of a concussion may last longer than symptoms, study shows

A study recently published by the University of Kentucky's Scott Livingston shows that physiological problems stemming from a concussion may continue to present in the patient even after standard symptoms ...

Neuroscience created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

FDA adds new safety information to statin drugs

(AP) -- Federal health officials are adding new safety warnings about risks of memory loss and elevated blood sugar to statins, a widely prescribed group of cholesterol-lowering medications.

Medications created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cognitive impairment in older adults often unrecognized in the primary care setting

A new study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society reveals that brief cognitive screenings combined with offering further evaluation increased new diagnoses of cognitive impairment in older veterans two to ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Feb 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Overeating may double risk of memory loss

New research suggests that consuming between 2,100 and 6,000 calories per day may double the risk of memory loss, or mild cognitive impairment (MCI), among people age 70 and older. The study was released today and will be ...

Neuroscience created Feb 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

How to tell apart the forgetful from those at risk of Alzheimer's disease

It can be difficult to distinguish between people with normal age-associated memory loss and those with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI). However people with aMCI are at a greater risk of developing Alzheimer's disease ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Same genes linked to early- and late-onset Alzheimer's disease

The same gene mutations linked to inherited, early-onset Alzheimer's disease have been found in people with the more common late-onset form of the illness.

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast