News tagged with mental abilities
Use it or lose it: Mind games help healthy older people too
Cognitive training including puzzles, handicrafts and life skills are known to reduce the risk, and help slow down the progress, of dementia amongst the elderly. A new study published in BioMed Central's open access journal ...
Health
Mar 27, 2012 |
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Aricept helps moderate to severe Alzheimer's too
Alzheimer's disease patients who are taking a commonly prescribed drug can still benefit from it after they progress to moderate-to-severe illness, when it can be tough to tell whether it's doing any good, a new study says.
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Mar 08, 2012 |
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New Alzheimer's marker strongly predicts mental decline
A new marker of Alzheimer's disease can predict how rapidly a patient's memory and other mental abilities will decline after the disorder is diagnosed, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis ...
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Mar 05, 2012 |
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Treating sleep problems may be important in schizophrenia
(Medical Xpress) -- A study of schizophrenia patients has found profound disruptions in their sleep patterns, with half also having irregular body clocks that are out of synch with the pattern of night and ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 22, 2011 |
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Breast cancer survivors struggle with cognitive problems several years after treatment
A new analysis has found that breast cancer survivors may experience problems with certain mental abilities several years after treatment, regardless of whether they were treated with chemotherapy plus radiation or radiation ...
Cancer
Dec 12, 2011 |
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Association between menopause, obesity and cognitive impairment
Obesity has been associated with cognitive decline, characterized by a deterioration of mental abilities that involve memory, language, and thought-processing speed. But in a study of 300 post-menopausal women included in ...
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Oct 13, 2011 |
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Vascular changes linked to dementia
The same artery-clogging process (atherosclerosis) that causes heart disease can also result in age-related vascular cognitive impairments (VCI), according to a new American Heart Association/American Stroke Association scientific ...
Cardiology
Jul 21, 2011 |
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Inherited Alzheimer's detectable 20 years before dementia
Inherited forms of Alzheimer's disease may be detectable as many as 20 years before problems with memory and thinking develop, scientists will report July 20, 2011, at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 20, 2011 |
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To fight obesity, even babies should exercise
(AP) -- Preschoolers, even babies, need daily exercise, the British government says in its first-ever exercise advice for its youngest citizens.
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Jul 11, 2011 |
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