Exploring alternatives to incarceration for young offenders with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
Barely a month goes by without news of children and adolescents who are imprisoned and being mistreated in youth detention.
Oct 9, 2024
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Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction: Cognitive Dysfunction
Medical news and research articles
Long COVID symptoms found to be prevalent among health care workers
New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London, and University College London has found that 33.6% of surveyed health care workers in England report symptoms consistent ...
Oct 8, 2024
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Study links teen marijuana use to poor academic performance
Generations of parental warnings may not be wrong: A massive study of available data finds that teens who use marijuana have significantly worse outcomes at school.
Oct 7, 2024
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Hearing loss can raise risks for cognitive decline, study shows
A new, large study from France underscores the link between adult hearing loss and dementia.
Oct 4, 2024
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Study finds older adults who experience a fall are at increased risk of dementia
Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham health care system, have published results showing that among older adults who sustained a traumatic injury, those who experienced ...
Sep 30, 2024
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Multiple surgeries could contribute to cognitive decline in older people
Multiple surgeries could lead to cognitive decline, a University of Sydney study has found, using data from the United Kingdom's Biobank to analyze half a million patients aged 40 to 69 and followed over 20 years of brain ...
Sep 27, 2024
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Technology that listens: Benefits and challenges of voice assistants for the elderly
Loneliness has become a very important social problem in recent decades. The unwanted emotions it can cause have a direct impact on people's psychological well-being and are related to an increased risk of isolation, a decline ...
Sep 26, 2024
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Large study offers latest insights into after effects of severe COVID-19 on the brain
In the U.K.'s largest study to date, researchers have come to a better understanding of the immediate and long-term impacts of COVID-19 on the brain.
Sep 24, 2024
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The MIND diet may lower the risk of memory problems later in life, study shows
People whose diet more closely resembles the MIND diet may have a lower risk of cognitive impairment, according to a study published in the September 18, 2024, online issue of Neurology. Results were similar for Black and ...
Sep 18, 2024
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Boosting brain protein levels may slow decline from Alzheimer's
A study published in the journal Brain shows that increases in protein levels with new Alzheimer's drugs can explain the slowing of cognitive impairment at least as well as the reduction in amyloid plaques.
Sep 11, 2024
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