Neuroscience
Scientists uncover surprising new tools to rejuvenate the brain
Scientists used to believe that our neurologic fate was sealed at birth with a single, lifetime allotment of brain cells.
Jan 6, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Adult survivors of childhood eye cancer experience few cognitive or social setbacks
Most long-term survivors of retinoblastoma, particularly those who had been diagnosed with tumors by their first birthdays, have normal cognitive function as adults, according to a St. Jude Children's Research Hospital study. ...
Nov 24, 2014
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Pediatrics
Picture emerges of how kids get head injuries
A study in which more than 43,000 children were evaluated for head trauma offers an unprecedented picture of how children most frequently suffer head injuries, report physicians at Washington University School of Medicine ...
Nov 12, 2014
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Neuroscience
Regions of the brain strengthen with age
For years, research into the aging brain has examined what is usually lost—hearing, vision, memory. Age is synonymous with decline. But current research is refuting that discouraging perspective. New techniques in cognitive ...
Nov 3, 2014
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Health
Lutein may have role in brain health
Researchers have known for a while that getting enough lutein in your diet seems to be a good thing for eye health; people who consume more of this deep yellow pigment found in dark green leafy vegetables and brightly colored ...
Oct 27, 2014
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Health
Training your brain to prefer healthy foods
It may be possible to train the brain to prefer healthy low-calorie foods over unhealthy higher-calorie foods, according to new research by scientists at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (USDA ...
Sep 1, 2014
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Neuroscience
How high blood pressure in middle age may affect memory in old age
New research suggests that high blood pressure in middle age plays a critical role in whether blood pressure in old age may affect memory and thinking. The study is published in the June 4, 2014, online issue of Neurology, ...
Jun 4, 2014
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Health
Innovative, coordinated brain care could save billions of health care dollars
Studies have shown that a new patient and caregiver centered model of innovative, coordinated brain care for older adults improves health outcomes and quality of care for those with cognitive impairment. A new study from ...
Apr 8, 2014
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Neuroscience
Diabetes in middle age may lead to brain cell loss later in life
People who develop diabetes and high blood pressure in middle age are more likely to have brain cell loss and other damage to the brain, as well as problems with memory and thinking skills, than people who never have diabetes ...
Mar 19, 2014
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Diabetes
Older age at onset of Type 1 diabetes associated with lower brain connectivity
Children and adolescents older than age 8 at the onset of type 1 diabetes had weaker brain connectivity when tested later in life relative to those who had earlier ages of diagnosis, University of Pittsburgh Schools of the ...
Mar 14, 2014
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